[TowerTalk] Improving 6-mtr setup.....

[Frank Ayers]

>Okay guys, I've read the good book so don't bother with "flaming" me with
>theory, what I need is real-world experience improving my 6-mtr signal --
>wannabe "Big Gun!" HI....currently using 5-element yagi, so, in your
>experience, would I be better off stacking two 5-el yagis or going with a
>single, much larger beam? Height, power and receiver all remain constant!
>
>thanks......73......k6sdw
>
Some empirical data. I run a long yagi. A friend of mine 8 miles away has a
pair of stacked 5's. I find that when we're aimed at the same station we
will hear about as well. But he can detect stations farther off to the side
than I can. During VHF contests I've heard him come back to stations that I
couldn't hear because my beam is sharper horizontally that his array. On the
other hand, I can aim closer to mountaintop kilowatters than he can before
being bothered. I do a bit better on aurora but that's probably not one of
your concerns; He does a bit better on scatter. The rest of our equip is
about the same.

Frank
W2FCA


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