[Towertalk] LPA designs

[Jon Ogden]

on 11/15/02 7:45 PM, Ronald KA4INM Youvan at ka4inm@tampabay.rr.com wrote:

> That's not what I was taught.
> 
> How many horizontal elements does a horizontally polarized 2 element yaggi
> have?

2

> How many horizontal elements does a horizontally polarized 2 element quad
> have?

2 NOT 4.  There is the same number of elements.  It's just a different type
of element.  In a quad your driven element is a loop and so are your
parasitics. In a yagi, it's a dipole.  Both are equivalent.

73,

Jon
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