I put a 3 ele hi z array up last fall, and it's not worth a tinkers dam....at
least to me.....may be some local noise....it certainly has directivity, at
least on the bcb, so so on 80, but on 160, which was my primary interest, never
worked well, never better than my reversible ewe, which is probably going back
up this fall....
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> On Aug 6, 2018, at 6:20 PM, Tim Childers K9CQ <k9cq@k9cq.com> wrote:
>
> I have been using the Hi-Z 3 element at 50 foot spacing that Lee designed. I
> can tell you that the results for me were amazing and it gives you 6
> directions. It works quite well on 40, 80 and 160. You can also find them
> at DX Engineering.
>
> Tim, K9CQ
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: lee@k7tjr.com
> Sent: Monday, August 6, 2018 4:32 PM
> To: topband@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: making a bev seem longer
>
> First let me apologize if you get this e-mail twice as I have been having
> problems with MSN.com.
>
> Hi JC,
> Not all vertical arrays are mono band. A well built 4-square on a 60 foot
> per side can do a stellar job on 160, 80, and 40 meters while extending well
> down into the broadcast band. The 3 element as well as the 4-square based 8
> element on an 85 foot diameter circle will do the same thing.
>
> Lee K7TJR
>
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