[TowerTalk] [OKDXA] Vertical vs Beam

[Robert Redmon]

John,

No way, no how. If you want a practical demonstration, I will be glad to 
provide it. I have an AV640, which functions as a 3/8 wave on 40-6 
meters. It performs well on 40 and 30 meters, as well or better than any 
other (full size or otherwise, elevated gp or ground mounted) vertical I 
have tried on those bands the past 7 years since I got the AV640, but 
even a tiny 3 element TH3JR with a 12 foot boom dramatically 
outperformed it on 20 meters and up, even at 30 feet (when I lived in 
town)...and the AV640 was up 20' at the base (then and now) on a couple 
sections of 25g.



73, Bob K5SM



John Geiger wrote:
> 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?  
>
> Also, how would a roof mounted 1/4 wave vertical compare to a 2 element tribander at a low height-like 25 feet or so?
>
> 73s John AA5JG
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