[TowerTalk] 6 mtr quad

[Herbert Schoenbohm]

Instead of a quad I built a delta loop version which required only two 
aluminum spreaders per element and a connecting wire on top for each 
element.  Every V spreader was attached to the boom with conventional 
"U" clamps and the driven element was gamma matched.  I haven't seen 
such a design written up since the 60's for reasons unknown.  The 
antenna was only 6 elements but worked well.  I had wanted to get as 
much top loading as possible for my tower as it was shunt fed on 160 
meters, something that fiberglass spreaders won't do.


On 8/30/2016 12:22 PM, Jim Thomson wrote:
> Quads are a pita.  4 x spreaders per ele, and
> some form of spider to mech connect all the spreaders..then  onto the boom.