At one point I had both a 4-el Skylane quad (plus 2-el on 40) and
yagis (8/8 on 15M, 3-el on 40). I mention those bands because I did single
band 15 in DX contests a couple times. Generally I ran Europe on the 8/8
(Telrex). I found the quad particularly useful when the QRN would build
up to a certain point. Switching to the quad, most all the noise went away
and stations that were below the noise on the yagis could still be readily
copied and worked. I found the same was true on 40, comparing a 3-el yagi
to 2-el 40 quad, the main advantage being the lower noise of a full wave
closed loop antenna. 73 - Rich, KE3Q
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