[TowerTalk] Has anyone every put up a V-beam?

[N1BUG]

I had two inverted V beams (a 3 element on NA and 4 element on EU) 
on 20m before I had rotatable antennas. They worked quite well. I 
don't know what the gain was but much better than a dipole. Signals 
from one direction went down 20-30 dB when I switched to the other 
direction.

Paul N1BUG


On 09/17/2015 10:20 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> A vertical is also omni directional but multiple verticals definitely have a
> pattern.  I have modeled an inverted V yagi for someone in Aruba and the
> patterned looked fine.  Many people build them by stretching a single boom
> rope between two towers and tying the ends of the elements to something on
> the ground.  Most are not installed super high and do not have a low
> radiation angle.
>
> John KK9A
>
>
> To:	<towertalk at contesting.com>
> Subject:	[TowerTalk] Has anyone every put up a V-beam?
> From:	"Jim Thomson" <jim.thom at telus.net>
> Date:	Thu, 17 Sep 2015 16:09:23 -0700
>
> ##  The problem with a single  inverted vee is.... it radiates omni
> directional...off the ends
> and the sides.   Unless the enclosed angle is like 150-180 degs, I cant see
> making a
> wire yagi from inverted vee els having much success.   Has anybody modeled
> it ?
>
> Jim  VE7RF