Hi Mike,
Beverages, four squares and 8-circle arrays are all excellent receiving
antennas. Based on much on the air experience, my W8JI passive
8-circle BSEF arrays have much narrower beam width than my
580 foot Beverages and especially compared to the broad beam width
my full size transmitting 4-square. M y 8-circle arrays also have very
low side lobe levels. The 8-circle has a high RDF value because of
its narrow beam width and low side lobe levels.
Every year we make many QSOs using the 8-circle array that could
not have been made with any of my other receiving antennas;
however probably 99% of my QSOs could have been easily made
with either a Beverage or the 4-square. It just depends on how
important that one percent is to you.
You can never have too many antennas...
73
Frank
W3LPL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Waters" <mikewate@gmail.com>
To: "Bill Hider" <n3rr@erols.com>
Cc: "topband" <topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 2:56:07 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: 4SQ vs. 8 circle rcv
According to what I read there, there is little difference between the two.
That seems odd. Was some information left out, or did I read the wrong
.pptx file?
73, Mike
www.w0btu.com
On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 1:23 AM, Bill Hider <n3rr@erols.com> wrote:
> This presentation is titled: "Receiving Antennas" ... :
>
> http://www.contestuniversity.com/main/page_files.html
>
> This presentation answers all of your stated questions and more.
>
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