[TowerTalk] 20 Meter Yagi design

Jack Taylor jack at n7oo.com
Sun Apr 20 13:20:58 EDT 2014


Thanks Joe and Don, will check it out!  Am hoping the 18 foot boom might 
provide an advantage.

Jack - n7oo

-----Original Message----- 
From: n8de at thepoint.net
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2014 7:19 AM
To: Joe Subich, W4TV
Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 20 Meter Yagi design

Joe,
You took the words right off my fingertips!
73
Don
N8DE


Quoting "Joe Subich, W4TV" <lists at subich.com>:

>
> Recent ARRL Antenna Books have contained a series of optimized monoband
> designs for 40 - 10 meters.  Among those is a three element 20 meter
> design on a 16 foot boom.  You may want to get a copy of any of the
> last three editions and check it out.
>
> 73,
>
>    ... Joe, W4TV
>
>
> On 4/20/2014 1:36 AM, Jack Taylor wrote:
>> I've been out of the loop the past few years and my ancient tri-bander
>> has bought the farm.  I'd like to replace it with
>> a three element home made 20 meter yagi for which I have a candidate 18
>> foot boom.  My old ARRL handbook indicates
>> element spacing in the neighborhood of 0.2 wavelengths is a good
>> compromise. I realize we are in an era of computer
>> optimization  and I'm open for suggestions on how to proceed with the
>> project.
>>
>> Jack - n7oo
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