[TowerTalk] 40-m. 4-Square vs. 40-m. Yagi

[Tom Haavisto]

Hi Dick

I have a shorty fourty at 80 feet.  The biggest thing I find with it
is that it does not cover the whole band, and performance is so-so.  I
set up a single vertical, and like you, found it worked better than
the beam.  I have since upgraded to a four square, and I am very happy
with the performance of the four square - it kills the beam in terms
of performance and bandwidth.  I will probably take the beam down and
do something else with it this summer.

Tom - VE3CX



On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 11:13 PM,  <RLVZ at aol.com> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> HNY!
>
> I'm not impressed with the performance of a 2-el. Forty-Shorty at 90' on DX
> qso's.  While it's great for 1,000 mi. or less... my single 1/4 wave vertical
> is just as good on the average DX contact.  (since the Shorty-Forty at 90'
> doesn't have any gain at low radiation angles... I guessed I should have expected
> as much)
>
> Question: Considering flat terrain, average ground conductivity, and a
> reasonable radial system: do you predict that a 40-m. 4-Square would outperform the
> 90' Shorty-Forty by 3-5dB on the average DX qso?
>
> 73.
> Dick- K9OM
>
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