[TowerTalk] 1/4 wave spacing on 2 el beam

[Tom Osborne]

Hi all

I built a couple of 2 el beams, one for 20 and one for 10.

I just split the driven element, fed them directly with 50 ohm coax. and 
spaced the reflector at a 1/4 wave.  It seems to be a good match on both 
antennas and the SWR is very low.

I don't have any modeling software here, so what does it say about an 
antenna like that?  I know the best gain is with a director a lot closer, 
but this way I don't need to mess with a gamma or any other kind of match. 
I like the KISS method of doing things.  73
Tom W7WHY