[TowerTalk] re: quad

[Rick Bullon]

>
>
>Jan.E.Holm@telia.se wrote:
>
> >  Now, if those razor whiz things are so good why not publish >the  data? 
>If I would have come up with something that good I >would  have been proud 
>to publish it.
>
>They are available commercially.  CB'ers use them.  Think they
>are called "Moonrakers" (nifty name huh?)  They use quad
>reflectors and crossed directors.
>Tom W7WHY
>
Tom
A Moonraker are not really a quad. It is a 4 or 6 element beam that has both 
vertical and horizontal elements, it has a switch to select either vertical 
or horizontal polarization but unlike a quad it is not a loop type antenna.
73
Rick
KC5AJX
P.S you might be right on the quad type reflector but that is where the 
resemblance ends
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