[TowerTalk] 40m 4 Square

K3BU@aol.com K3BU@aol.com
Mon, 2 Jul 2001 22:23:31 EDT


In a message dated 7/2/01 9:49:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
w7why@harborside.com writes:

>  Directivity seems to be very good.  What would be
>  the advantage of going to a 4 square over a 3 antenna array?  73
>  Tom W7WHY
>  

Much better pattern, more gain, rejection and RX performance (S/N 
discrimination). 
I tried various 3 el. configurations, they were inferior to 4 sq.

Yuri, K3BU

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