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

[Rick Stealey]

Correcting the title spelling which was driving me crazy.

> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 06:24:47 -0400
> From: paul at n1bug.com
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Has anyone every put up a V-beam?
> 
> 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
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