[TowerTalk] log periodic antennas

[Phil Duff]

I've been curious about log periodics myself.

The ARRL Antenna Handbook 17th Ed. has a 5 band (13-30mhz) design on a
26 ft boom with 12 elements.

The article text on pg 10-10 states in part:  "...this is a large array.... 
with the same gain
one would expect with a full size two-element Yagi array:"

I acknowledge the benefits of the LP including bandwidth, feed impedance, etc.
but for a 26 ft boom and 12 elements I'd hoped for more than 2-element
Yagi performance.

73 Phil NA4M

At 10:53 6/22/01 -0400, David L. Thompson wrote:
>A local uses the T10 and says it plays as well as his big Telrex tri-bander
>that he had before.  The pattern is broader but you get low SWR and the
>ability to QSY quickly.  In contesting (S02R!) or Dxing  you follow the old
>Nathan Bedford Forrest axiom "The winner gets there the fastest with the
>most"
>
>73 Dave K4JRB
>
>
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