[TowerTalk] worlds biggest yagi

[David Robbins K1TTT]

So what!  Its big, its pretty, it kept money flowing into several tower and
antenna related businesses... and its in the black hole, so the rf isn't
going anywhere anyway.


David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
web: http://www.k1ttt.net
AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
 

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> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 05:05
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> http://www.1982crew.com/PHP-
> Nuke/PDF/K9LTN.pdf<http://www.1982crew.com/PHP-Nuke/PDF/K9LTN.pdf>
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> the sad thing:
> No modeling was done to adjust phase distortion differences between the
> top arrays and the bottom arrays. I addition the splitter circuits were
> not phase coherent and the side by side optimal spacing would not track to
> other bands. He would have saved a lot of money just stacking two antennas
> at 190 and 160 feet. He spent $500,000 chasing the last 3-4 dB.
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