[TowerTalk] 80m Yagis -- Too Tough to Tame?

[i4jmy@iol.it]

Proper linear loading has no gaps compared with coils and Q is better 
controlled.
I had very narrow BW with a 2 element yagi on 160m using coils while it 
was much easier to obtain a pattern with linear loading.
Lost power is better dissipated along meters of straight wire or tubing 
than on wound coils in a concentrated space. 
An high dipole that gets extra gain by ground reflections (at some 
elevations) in an efficient transmitting antenna, but without a pattern 
that enhance S/N while receiving is generally a much poorer machine if 
compared with a directional array.

73,
Mauri I4JMY

> > I have no space for more than what I have up now.
> > My linear loaded F12 rotatable dipole @ 149 feet beats almost 
everyone in
> > the contest pileups to anywhere in the world.
> 
> The secret is the height, not the antenna. I always wonder though 
> why so many manufacturers use linear loading.
> 73, Tom W8JI
> W8JI@contesting.com 



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