[TowerTalk] Need quad dimensions

[Daniel Hileman]

Hi Richard

Here's a good place to start:
Element lenths
1005/Freq for Driven element.
+ 3% (1005/Frequency + 3%)  of that for your reflector
-3% for 1st director
-6% for 2nd director

Element Spacing:
18% of wave-length spacing between ref and Driven,
15% between each of the directors.
So, overall boom should be 48% of total wavelength. Other spacings can be 
used but these seem to work pretty well.

Oh, here's the spreader formula I was given that works well.
        Qquare root of:    ¼ side x ¼ side / 2
        Then that answer  x  2   +  1”

Hope that helps.

73,
Daniel N9WX
>From: "RICHARD BOYD" <ke3q at msn.com>
>To: "towertalk reflector" <towertalk at contesting.com>
>Subject: [TowerTalk] Need quad dimensions
>Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 16:12:14 -0400
>
>Anyone have any really good 4-element quad element spacings and wire 
>lengths
>for each element -- 20/15/10?  73 - Rich, KE3Q
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