[TowerTalk] book Tribander comparison test

[Barry Kirkwood]

Are you telling us that yagi element spacing has no effect on front to back
ratio?
If so, not correct.
73
Barry ZL1DD

On 2 March 2011 00:56, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:

> On 2/24/2011 5:32 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
> > Nonsense!  Some 30+ years ago W2PV showed that a monobander was a
> > monobander no matter what the element spacing as long as the elements
> > are properly tuned for their place in the array.  Gain is a product
> > of boom length as long as there are "enough" elements for the length.
> >
> > Tapered spacing only effects the bandwidth and feed impedance of the
> > antenna and with a SteppIR bandwidth has no meaning since the antenna
> > is constantly retuned for the operating frequency.
>
> RIGHT.
>
> Jim K9YC
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