[TowerTalk] worlds biggest yagi
Richard (Rick) Karlquist
richard at karlquist.com
Sat Mar 29 17:25:18 EDT 2008
The boom on this is only 76 feet. That would be
19 feet on 20 meters. This seems way too short
to justify 4 elements. In fact you can do pretty
well with 3 elements up to a 26 ft boom on 20m.
IMHO, the "full size" moniker applies only to the
elements, not the boom.
Rick N6RK
Rob wrote:
> ... and then there is the 4 element full size 80m yagi.... (+ others
> on the website).
>
> http://alfaradio.ca/users/ve6jy/ve6jy-80m.html
>
> Rob
> VE6TR
>
>
>> More big yagi's...
>>
>> WA6ZZK 20 meter long boom (100 foot.
>> K4SKI had a 9 el 20 on a 100 foot boom in the early 70's. The boom
>> was
>> made from Rohn 25.
>>
>> Dunc Carter then W5IOU made several very long boom 8 element quads for
>> himself and W5WMU
>> in the late 60's. Dunc also used Rohn 25 for the boom. His biggest
>> was on
>> a 100 foot boom.
>>
>> As I recall OH8OS was last seen using stacked beams as his big array
>> fell
>> down.
>>
>> Dave K4JRB
>>
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