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Re: Topband: 160M Rhombics

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Subject: Re: Topband: 160M Rhombics
From: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 17:46:46 -0400
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On 07/26/2013 04:23 PM, ZR wrote:

For the guy who has the land and wants to own 20-10M in one or two
directions for his daily chats, a rhombic will cost a lot less than a
rotating tower with stacked yagis for each band.
Also consider what seems like a very narrow beamwidth at the antenna can
cover a lot of the planet by the time it reaches its antipode. With 2
rhombics and some relays to switch termination points a mighty potent
signal can cover a lot in 4 directions.

You can do the same thing even cheaper, and probably with slightly
higher gain, with two lazy H antennas for 20-10m :)

I have one lazy H pointed east & west, and am itching to build one
that points north & south, once the leaves fall off the trees...

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