[VHFcontesting] Thoughts

[Mark Spencer]

Hi.   I'd be curious in hearing how things work out.   I typically run a 3 element yagi on 50 MHz for my Portable / Roving efforts.   Setup time  including a dedicated 20 to 28 foot mast and base is approx 20 to 30 minutes (depending on my energy level, light levels, weather conditions, mast height etc.)

I'm always interested in alternatives, my other 50 MHz roving antenna is a 1/4 wave whip which is not a great performer most of the time.

73

Mark S
VE7AFZ

mark at alignedsolutions.com
604 762 4099

> On Dec 28, 2017, at 10:28 AM, Steve Kavanagh via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting at contesting.com> wrote:
> 
> Just saw your post, Mike.  I'd think you could expect a bit less gain from the "squashed quad" than from a square-element quad, but a bit more than a 2-element Yagi.  After all when you squash quad elements all the way down they become folded dipoles.  The 2 element quad can also have really good front-to-back ratio, while the F/B for a 2 element Yagi (with straight elements, not a Moxon) is quite poor.  So there is probably a point in the squashing process where the F/B really degrades.  But the numbers on the eantennas.es website certainly look to be about what I'd expect.  
> 
> It's a whole lot heavier and a lot more wind area than a Moxon to get less than a dB more gain, but that may be fine if you are only doing 2 bands
> 
> Innovantennas also makes similar antennas (more than one version, optimized for different performance) - for example 
> 
> http://www.innovantennas.com/antennas-a-accesories/on-line-shop/view/productdetails/virtuemart_product_id/367/virtuemart_category_id/3.html
> 
> 73,
> Steve, VE3SMA (sometimes /R)
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