[TowerTalk] A "good deal"

[Dave D'Epagnier]

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	From:  K7GCO@aol.com [SMTP:K7GCO@aol.com]
	Sent:  Friday, January 28, 2000 2:59 AM
	To:  towertalk@contesting.com
	Subject:  Re: [TowerTalk] A "good deal"

	<snip>
	The Rai-Beam 2 element yagi and a properly designed 2 element quad
are what I call the "K7GCO 
	 New Standard of Beam Performance". To equal or beat them, you have
to
	 go to a boom 2-3 times longer and 2-3 more elements to justify the 
	 cost which starts to rise exponentially.  The dB or 2 you might get
will 
	cost  you about $1-5000 or more depending on the band. It's a lot of
"dB's of $$$"


	huh? 
	A well designed 2 element monoband beam has a gain of about 4 to 5
dBd in free space, with decent F/B. This performance can be obtained by the
home builder without much problem. I'm sure it can also be obtained by
Chuck's designs but he's not going to do much if any better.

	If another element is added, one can get 5-6 dBd of free space gain.

	The notion that  "To equal or beat them, you have to
	 go to a boom 2-3 times longer and 2-3 more elements to justify the 
	 cost which starts to rise exponentially" is ridiculous.

	When outrageous and ridiculous claims are made it lowers the quality
of this reflector. Kind of makes me want to QRT.

	--Dave
	--K0QE 
	

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