[TowerTalk] Rain drops noise on Yagi (dipole)

[larryj at teleport.com]

I've had several of the Hy-Gain 244 "Hy-Quad" antennas over the years - the first one was my first real "gain" antenna for the 20/15/10-Meter bands. It was very stout antenna, and convenient to use since it used a single feedline with individual gamma matches for each band. I'd still be using them, but they just plain wore out. 

I wish Hy-Gain (now MFJ) would start making them again!

Larry


-----Original Message-----
>From: Courtney Judd <k4wi at k4wi.net>
>Sent: Dec 6, 2018 11:28 AM
>To: Richard Smith <n6kt1 at sbcglobal.net>
>Cc: "Towertalk at contesting.com" <Towertalk at contesting.com>
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rain drops noise on Yagi (dipole)
>
>for what it is worth, I have had several quads over the years and my 
>experience has been that they hardly ever have rain static while my 
>yagi's always did.... I do not know the reason though! In the 1970's I 
>had  a Hygain 2 el quad at 100 ft and my neighbor a mile away had a 
>th6dxx yagi at 100 ft.  I could consistently open the band 15/20 minutes 
>before he did, close the band 15/20 minutes later than he did, and he 
>always complained of rain static when it was never a problem for me. We 
>had identical rigs: Drake C-lines and SB220's ... only difference was 
>the antennas. That's my actual experience! 73's Cort K4WI
>
>> Richard Smith <mailto:n6kt1 at sbcglobal.net>
>> Thursday, December 06, 2018 10:24 AM
>> Bob and John,
>> Have either of you had a cubical quad at your station, so that you