[VHFcontesting] Stacked Squalos?

[Alex]

That's an excellent setup, David. Do you switch in the schack or remotely on the tower?

4 element yagis have a wide enough 3dB beam width to cover about 270 degrees with considerable gain over a dipole, let alone a bent one.

73,
--Alex KR1ST
http://www.kr1st.com

-----Original Message-----
>From: David <ke4yyd at gtcom.net>
>Sent: Oct 3, 2006 7:19 PM
>To: "Joshua M. Arritt" <jarritt at vt.edu>, vhfcontesting at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Stacked Squalos?
>
>I would suggest 4 element horizontal yagis pointed in the key direction 
>would serve your purpose better.  I have several 4 element yagi arrays on 
>the side of my tower plus some omni directional arrays and in almost every 
>direction the yagis perform better.  In no case could I hear a signal on the 
>omni antenna that I couldn't hear on the yagis.
>
>David
>KE4YYD
>