[TowerTalk] 4-square questions

[jimlux]

On 3/6/17 2:43 PM, Ed Sawyer wrote:
> Are people really using 4 squares as their primary receiving antennas on 160
> - 40?  I am surprised if so.  4 squares on the low bands should be all about
> steerable gain in my opinion.  Heck I even use my beverages on 40M half the
> time and I have a 3 el beam.  On 80M I have a 2 el wire beam and use the
> beverages to receive about 80% of the time.  The exception being an
> EXTREMELY quiet winter evening.  On 160, I have a 2 el phased array to
> Europe that is about 1.5 db less than a 4 square and I have NEVER used it to
> receive.
>

A beverage isn't exactly steerable and requires more room.  I suppose 
that from a "making Qs" standpoint, you could probably figure out the 
directions to the likely areas and do just those.