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Re: [TowerTalk] G5RV vs. 2 element yagi

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] G5RV vs. 2 element yagi
From: Steve Hunt <steve@karinya.net>
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:56:19 +0100
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Dave,

Just to be pedantic ......

....  the 132ft doublet IS a dipole (it has 2 elements), and it IS 
resonant on 20m - it just happens to be 4 half-waves instead of one :)

And the 132ft doublet in its best direction outperforms the half-wave 
dipole in its best direction by a couple of dB.

73,
Steve G3TXQ

WA3GIN wrote:
> The 132ft antenna is not resonant on 20m put up a simple dipole and 
> make the comparison.  That would be interesting...
>
> 73,
> dave
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Hunt" <steve@karinya.net>
> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 4:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] G5RV vs. 2 element yagi
>

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