[VHFcontesting] 222MHz Big Wheel Interest.

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Bubby:   Diameter of the 2 meter Big Wheel is 3.7 ft; the diameter of the 432MHz Big Wheel is is about 13.5".  Stacking distance is 5/8 w/l.      Extrapolating the two diameters I would expect the diameter of a 222MHz Big Wheel to be about 26".    The benefit of a Big Wheel over a loop is that the Wheel has more gain than a loop, just about dBd.  A loop has less gain than a dipole because it is a dipole folded into a square shape.73, Chris Patterson W3CMP Sent from my Galaxy