[TowerTalk] Antennas was Re: TH-7

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

It's amazing what antennas hams take for granted these days (those who 
don't have to contend with HOAs).  That 4-stack was a big deal in the 
80s. 50 years ago W3AFM wrote a seminal 2-part QST article on optimizing 
station spending for DX, but I'm fairly sure he never anticipated the 
high end of this range.  Anyone else remember when Honor Roll #1 got 
there with a single 3-element 20-meter yagi at 35 feet?

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 9/3/2021 3:58 PM, Peter Voelpel wrote:
> With that stocking distance on 20m you will be lucky to get 3dB gain.
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> With 21m distance between 20m antennas you might reach 5.6dB
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> 73
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> Peter
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> From: jim.thom jim.thom at telus.net [mailto:jim.thom at telus.net]
> Sent: Freitag, 3. September 2021 21:10
> To: Peter Voelpel
> Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] TH-7
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>     4 x yagis  stacked is only 4db ?   Per the original article, it was a
> flame thrower.
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> Jim   VE7RF
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> On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 11:15 AM Peter Voelpel <dj7ww at t-online.de> wrote:
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> The stacking gain on 20m will be less then 4dB.
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> 73
> Peter
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> jim.thom jim.thom at telus.net
> Sent: Freitag, 3. September 2021 19:49
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] TH-7
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> Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2021 09:59:46 -0400
> From: "Mike Ryan" <mryan001 at tampabay.rr.com>
> To: <TowerTalk at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] TH-7
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> <There was an op in Texas who mounted 4 of these on a rotating tower. There
> <was an article in one of the ham magazines some years ago about it. But it
> <was impressive. The TH7 has 5 elements on 10mtrs which soon will be more in
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> ##  It was on the  front  cover of a  CQ magazine, back in the 80's.   He
> stacked em at  35-70-105-140'.   With all 4 driven in phase, he was  20 db
> louder than another ham, close by, who had just a single  TH-7 up  70'.
> I find that hard to believe, but that was what was reported.
> The article was entitled.... "TH-28".
>
> Jim   VE7RF
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