[TowerTalk] G5RV vs. 2 element yagi

[Tim Kass]

I have used a 2 element Moxon beam at 30 feet up for 20 and up...it beats the pants off the doublet at 50 feet.  Quieter and soem serious F/B...Moxon's are noted for working well even at heights of 3/8 wave.
 
73, Tim K8WBL"Everything you want is inside you, All you fear is there as well; If you let another tell you how to liveYou have made your personal hell"> Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:00:54 +0100> From: steve at karinya.net> To: towertalk at contesting.com> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] G5RV vs. 2 element yagi> > John,> > I have a 2-element home-built Broadband Hexbeam at 20ft and a 132ft > centre-fed doublet with its apex at 20ft. The Hexbeam consistently > outperforms the doublet on 14MHz and up. There's an audio A/B comparison > on my website - it's the last recording on this page: > http://www.karinya.net/g3txq/hexbeam/broadband/> > This recording was not just a "one off" - it's typical of what I hear > all the time. By the way, the orientation of the doublet favours the US > on 20m.> > 73,> Steve G3TXQ> > John Geiger wrote:> > I am currently limited to a G5RV for HF following the demise of a miniquad I> > was using. I am looking at getting a Mosley 2 element tribander, but I> > can't get it up very high right now-maybe 25 feet or so.> >> > I know that the low height will hurt performance, especially on 20 meters.> > Given the low height of the antenna, would it still be a much better> > performer than the G5RV. The G5RV isn't up that high either, but has done> > nicely on 30m, 40m and 80m where I have been using it the last few years.> >> > I guess I am just trying to figure out whether the 2 element beam would be> > worth the extra money, or if it would be pretty similar to a G5RV, given the> > low height it would be at.> >> > 73s John AA5JG> > (ex: W5TD, NE0P)> > 6M WAS #1275, 6m VUCC #1260> > 2m VUCC #615, Satellite VUCC #129> >> >> > _______________________________________________> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________> > TowerTalk mailing list> > TowerTalk at contesting.com> > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________> > > > _______________________________________________> TowerTalk mailing list> TowerTalk at contesting.com> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
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