[VHFcontesting] 432 antenna plans

[David]

After receiving several replies I am considering using four end mounted 4 
element beams mounted in different directions connected by a phasing harness 
to a single lead in.  I really don't need omni coverage due to my location 
on the Gulf shore.  A 4 element beam should perform better than stacked 
loops in a given direction but I have no idea how the phased beams would 
interact since they would be pointing in different directions.   Phasing two 
antennas in different directions seems to work with TV antennas.  Comments 
please.



David


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David" <ke4yyd at gtcom.net>
To: <vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>; <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 9:17 PM
Subject: 432 antenna plans


>I am getting together some 432 stuff in hope I can get a tower worker in 
>the near future.  I have decided to put SQ-432 stack on the side of my 
>tower. I plan to use LMR-400 type coax.  My tower is 70 ft. and I plan to 
>put the antennas at about 50 ft as the guy that will be doing the job will 
>use a bucket that only has about a 50 ft reach.  I will not use a tower 
>preamp as they don't have longevity here due to lightning.  I am thinking 
>that going higher would not be any better anyway as the coax loss would be 
>greater than gain from height. At 50 ft, the antennas will be above the 
>tree line.  I would like some comments and suggestions about my thoughts.
>
> David
> KE4YYD