[TowerTalk] C-31XR vs. 4 el. SteppIR

[Bill]

Dan,

I'm not trying to pick a fight and I know that I am going to regret asking
this question but...

How can a 4 element multiband yagi with a compromised boom length deliver
gain approximating that of a well designed 5 element monobander? This
doesn't seem to make sense to me. (Regardless of who made the antennas.)

Bill, W5VX


>-----Original Message-----
>From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
>bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dan Levin
>Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 3:22 PM
>To: towertalk at contesting.com
>Subject: [TowerTalk] C-31XR vs. 4 el. SteppIR
>
>I did a fairly detailed computer model study of these two antennae, looking
>at gain in particular.  You can read it at http://www.k6if.com/ .
>
>My summary was that even with fixed element spacing, the 4 element SteppIR
>delivers gain approximating that of a well designed 5 element monobander on
>10 and 15 meters, and that it is consistently better than the C-31 by a
>small amount.
>
>                           ***dan, K6IF
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