[TowerTalk] best elevation angle of radiation

Michael Tope W4EF at dellroy.com
Tue Dec 13 15:23:23 EST 2005


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith Dutson" <kdutson at sbcglobal.net>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] best elevation angle of radiation


> The MonstIR has MUCH more gain than the 2el.  Couple that with uncertainty
> about your ground losses and you could easily outperform the little Yagi
> pointed at any station.
>
> 73, Keith NM5G
>


It should be possible (if the control software will allow it) to program
the 4 element SteppIR to be a 2-element yagi similar to the 2 el SteppIR
(just fully retract the extra 2 elements on the 4 element). That should
make the comparison a little more apples-to-apples.

Mike, W4EF.......................... 




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