yes, the wind effect is dampened considerably with the attachment of 2oz
fishing weights to the end of each wire.
Have Fun,
dave
wa3gin
corneliuspaul@gmx.net wrote:
Its pretty close to what W9XR once described in CQ-Contest magazine
as the "spaghetti beam"
I had a 3ele of that sort up for a few years, made of 14m fiberglas elements,
(7m either side) with approx 3.5m wire dangling down either side.
Worked very well, only in windy situation the dangling wires start swinging
and so does the SWR and (I presume) the pattern.
At 10:15 05.11.2003 -0500, WA3GIN wrote:
One could argue that bending the element 90 degrees does not have the
effects you discibe as linear loading.
Have you actually tried it?
73,
dave
wa3gin
Richard Karlquist wrote:
Folding the element does little to reduce the performance. It looks
hokie, but it's simple, light weight, more efficient than lumped
inductance. The wires have to clear whats underneath but it's a
wa3gin
No. A properly designed lumped inductance is better than linear
loading. That's why many 80 meter Yagi owners have upgraded to
W6ANR's aftermarket loading inductors, replacing the original linear
loading. Linear loading is a marketing concept to make you think
you have eliminated the ohmic losses associated with loading
coils. Instead, it *increases* the losses.
Rick N6RK
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