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Subject: [Towertalk] OWA Yagis
From: n4kg@juno.com (n4kg@juno.com)
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 11:03:05 -0600
Generally speaking, the higher the gain, the lower the
Feed Impedance for a split dipole feed.  When antennas
are tuned to produce a 50 Ohm feed, they give up some
gain.  The TA33 is a 'classic' example of this.  That's why
all the HyGain beams have Beta Matches, to step up the
low feed impedance to 50 ohms.

Tom  N4KG

On Sat, 13 Jul 2002  <kk9a@arrl.net> writes:
> Does anyone have any experience with the OWA design yagis.  Is there 
> any advantage other than low SWR and direct 50 ohm feed?  I modeled the

> 15m 6el X 36' boom and compared it to my DX Engineering 15DX-6 with the
same  boom length and the DX Engineering had more gain throughout most 
of the  band.
> Are there losses in the DX Eng. hair pin match or higher SWR that 
> would make the OWA come out on top?
> 
> 73,
> John
> 
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