[TowerTalk] Vertical vs Beam

[David J Windisch]

John and uncounted others,
Get the free evaluation version of EZNEC, study how to model a bit, take the 
ARRL antenna course, have a go with HFTA, and see for yourself.
Move to an unrestricted area, put up a 30M tower with 2 miles of copper 
radials, TH11, 2L shorty-forty, 80M sloppers, and *never* look back ;o)
73 Dave W8FGX
It's just the cat, the radios, the computers, the lawn . . . no women around 
to please around here.  The setup described came from Frank Donovan.  Btw, 
dogs have masters; cats have staff

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Geiger" <aa5jg at yahoo.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>; <dx-is at yahoogroups.com>; 
<okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 1:39 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Vertical vs Beam


>
> I have a question for the group about experiences with different antennas:
>
> I was looking at a recent issue of CQ at the local bookstore tonight (it 
> wasn't the April issue) and in a column dealing with semi stealth 
> antennas, they mentioned that a 3/8 or 1/2 vertical will show comparable 
> performance to a 2 element yagi.  Is this true?  Will such a vertical 
> really do as good as a 2 element beam?