[TowerTalk] 80 meter antenna comparison

[n8de at thepoint.net]

Steve,
Nowhere on your website can I find the MOST important detail of your 80m yagi:

HEIGHT ABOVE GROUND.

Don
N8DE

Quoting VE6WZ_Steve <ve6wz at shaw.ca>:

> Hi Gary:
>
> For two years I ran the Force 12 EF-180B rotatable dipole at about 100'
>
> I switched out to my homebrew 2-el coil loaded Yagi in 2002 and it has
> been an outstanding DX performer.  A direct answer to your question is
> that there was a significant and very noticeable improvement in worked
> DX on 80m compared to the dipole.
>
> Not that working DX is final proof of good performance, but each of the
> past 6 winter seasons (from Sept. to March) starting from zero, DXCC has
> been worked on 80m. DXCC was worked this year in less than 2 months. I'm
> not sure that would be easily do-able with just the dipole from this
> northerly location.
>
> Notes on my Yagi can been found here: http://www.qsl.net/ve6wz/intro.htm
>
> I would say...go for the Yagi...it might open up a whole new world of
> DX.
>
> De steve ve6wz.
>
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>> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of StellarCAT
>> Sent: January 29, 2008 1:58 PM
>> To: tower
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] 80 meter antenna comparison
>>
>> Anyone do a comparison either sequentially (owned one and then
>> the other) or ideally simultaneously
>> of a well placed 80 meter dipole vs. a 2el long(er) boom Hi-Q
>> coil beam?
>>
>> I currently have a F12 Sigma180Magnum. It's mounted at 136'. It
>> performs very well.... I have been
>> wondering if I would see/hear any real differences between it
>> and a 2el at the same height.
>>
>> I'm of course aware of the paper difference - but would like to
>> hear from anyone that has played with
>> both under similar circumstances (same location would be
>> nice)... and what they think about one vs.
>> the other.
>>
>> Same thing applies to a well built 4 sq vs. a 2 el beam.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any info.
>>
>> Gary
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