[TowerTalk] 2 vs 3 ele 40m yagi - opinions?

[Wes (N7WS) and Linda]

At 09:12 AM 2/6/01 -0800, michael watts wrote:
>Dear TowerTalkians,
>
>I have a Force 12 715 (15 meters, 7 elements,
>monoband).  The hairpin match blew off.  The only
>effect this has had that is noticable so far is that
>the resonance moved down to the CW end of the band.  I
>use a tuner on the phone band and it seems to be fine.
> Before this, I had to use a tuner for CW and a tuner
>for the high end of the phone band.  So it seems like
>this has been an improvement of sorts.
>
>Has this affected the efficiency of the antenna?
>
>Mike

Mighty strange.  I would expect the resonance to go up, not down but this
could be an effect of the transmission line length.

Regardless, the performance shouldn't suffer.

Wes Stewart, N7WS



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