From southcentral New Mexico working Europe on 160 meters is pretty much an exercise infrustration with a single vertical antenna. So I decided to see if I couldimprove on things by adding a parasiti
Back about 10 years ago - I played around with a parasitic element and had good results. One method I used to determine how well - and where the antenna worked was to use a wide band noise source. Yo
I've played with parasitic elements in antenna arrays for almost three decades and the current antenna system I have used parasitic elements both director and reflectors. With very careful tuning per
I have been using a 3 element parasitic vertical beam on 160 for at least 20 years. K9CT, NR5M, AA1K*, VE3EJ and most recently W5ZN have the same array. It has instant switching in 4 directions. With
Hi Mark: The tower (driven element) sits on a base insulator. So it is series fed. 73 Tim K3LR Hi Tim Following this thread. Assume the tower is grounded so just how are you connecting your L network
Author: Dan Maguire via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 07:02:02 +0000 (UTC)
For AutoEZ users: A model similar to the parasitic array that Tim described is available on this page: http://ac6la.com/aecollection8.html In the first section of that page, scroll down to topic "Par
As Tim noted I built the K3LR version of the 3 element parasitic array this past fall. I used my original and existing shunt fed tower as the driven element. It is switchable in four directions and I
Could you not get more out those elements if you had phased them? Obviously there would be more work required for the phasing system. One element short of a 4 square. My initial assessment indicat
The one big problem with parasitic arrays is that you must have low enough ground resistance to get the proper current to flow in the element. With a driven array, you can force the elements to have
Interesting question Mike! Possibly, however my focus was to achieve maximum gain with minimal effort. This direction allowed me to accomplish that objective. Don't know if anyone has documented expe
I was going to try to phase 2 80m verticals but just could not find the room. You get endfire and broadside. I assume you have to put down the same radial field for a Parasitic element as a driven o
I believe you could get by with less radials with a phased array. In that case all of the elements are "driven" so the current distribution in each element will be forced. With a parasitic element pr