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Re: Topband: 160M Rhombics

To: donovanf@starpower.net, topband <topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: 160M Rhombics
From: Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 13:46:13 -0500
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This is interesting! You did all this, Frank? It would be fascinating to
hear details of how all this worked, especially the curtain array.

73, Mike
www.w0btu.com

On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 1:40 PM, <donovanf@starpower.net> wrote:

> - four stacked rhombics, (two wide, two high) over a salt marsh in ZC4
> this array was replaced by a curtain array, steerable in azimuth and
> elevation
>
> - a rosette of sloping rhombics occupying one square mile. Sloping
> rhombics broaden the elevation pattern, much like stacked Yagis.
>
> - many pairs of very wide spaced rhombics used for diversity reception at
> VOA Greenville Site C
>
> As for 160 meters, I'll keep my 4-square transmitting array, Beverages and
> phased arrays of short receiving verticals!
>
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