QUESTION: Instead of an LPDA, why not use a 3 element SteppIR antenna?
Don't they cover all frequencies continuously from 13.9 to 30 MHz? Isn't
that similar to the design goal of an LPDA? Seems like a SteppIR should
easily cover MARS frequencies in that range. Just asking cause I have no
first hand experience with either and LPDA or a SteppIR.
73 de Jim WA6PX
JGShaw@Alumni.HAAS.org
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From: towertalk-admin@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Jon Ogden
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 6:41 AM
To: Dino Darling; towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] LPDAs...
on 11/14/02 12:17 AM, Dino Darling at k6rix@arrl.net wrote:
> I learned more about LPDA's from this article than anything I've read to
> date! I will have to re-read the article myself, but I remember talk
about
> front-to-back figures that were BETTER than a small yagi.
I could believe they have better F/B than a small Yagi. I also believe that
a good sized LPDA would outperform a small beam. However, I am not
completely sold on the idea of absolutely better performance.
I'll have to look into it since I am currently perusing what sort of antenna
to get to replace my TA-33.
73,
Jon
NA9D
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