Remember, it is the effective diameter of the element that matters, not (in this case) the material, or the fact that it is tubing vs wire. You can easily increase the effective diameter of a wire an
Hi Dan, Thank you for stating what I did not make clear - that it is the thickness of the element and not the material used, that determines the bandwidth. I thought that was obvious, but perhaps not
A 4 to 6 wire cage 12" in diameter will cover the full band with low VSWR. I believe you operated a station with a 2 el 75-80M setup that way many years ago. I 2 website PVC Weather Stations", and lo
Hi Geoff, Unfortunately I never operated a station with an antenna like that nor have I ever operated at a station with a real 80M beam. I have operated at two stations with 2 L wire beams on 80, one