[TowerTalk] Effect of element shape was: Re: InnovAntennas contact info

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

But given current distribution on a dipole, isn't it generally 
understood that drooping ends have relatively little effect?  I guess 
the Moxon is a special case, where the ends are brought close to each other.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 3/20/2013 7:27 AM, David Robbins wrote:
> yes, in a classic yagi with straight and parallel elements that is true... but when you bend or make the driven element not a simple half wave dipole then it can have an effect on the pattern by itself.
>
> Mar 20, 2013 01:18:45 AM, jim at audiosystemsgroup.com wrote:
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> On 3/19/2013 11:10 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
>> They give the designer additional degrees of freedom with which to
>> control input impedance and side lobe structure.
> I was with you until you said "side lobe structure." I don't claim to
> know much a bout the design of Yagis, but I'm under the impression that
> pattern is largely determined by the tuning and spacing of parasitic
> elements. Am I wrong?
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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