[TowerTalk] 3 Ele 40 of Choice?

[Bill Coleman]

On 3/12/03 10:28 PM, K7LXC at aol.com at K7LXC at aol.com wrote:

> [Calav 2 element ZL-type beam]
>At $2.5K a copy, it is purported to have "similar" (my quotes) 
>performance to a 3L antenna which is about what you'd spend for a 3L beam. 
>So the cost/peformance ratio is about the same.

Our own LB Cebik had an analysis of this type of antenna in an NCJ 
article in the May/June 2002 article. It was designed by Eric Gustafson 
N7CL.

The models show better F/B than a 2 element yagi, but similar gain.



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