A couple years back I did a comparison between my 80 four square and 3 L
wire beam at 100 ft at the same QTH. On the short DX I couldn't tell
the difference, however on the long DX the four square was the easy
winner. The wire beam is now history. I managed to work the VU7 which
is very, very difficult from my map location.
Doug
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 80 meter antenna comparison
I can't tell you much about one el vs two el, but I can tell you about
two
el vs 4 square. Back around 2000 I played horse races several times on
80
with W4AN in GA who was using a nice 4 square. I was using a 2 el quad
loop
array spaced about 40 feet suspended on a caternary system at an average
height
of about 130 feet. At no time did the 4 square beat the 2 el loop in
to EU
and usually was down at least one S-Unit, sometimes as much as 2
S-units.
I had to make a decision when I moved to KH6 as to whether use a loop
system
or a 4 square on 80. I chose the loops which I could only put up at an
average height of 100 feet or less. I'm glad I did.
YMMV!
Bill K4XS/KH7XS
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