That's an excellent setup, David. Do you switch in the schack or remotely on
the tower?
4 element yagis have a wide enough 3dB beam width to cover about 270 degrees
with considerable gain over a dipole, let alone a bent one.
73,
--Alex KR1ST
http://www.kr1st.com
-----Original Message-----
>From: David <ke4yyd@gtcom.net>
>Sent: Oct 3, 2006 7:19 PM
>To: "Joshua M. Arritt" <jarritt@vt.edu>, vhfcontesting@contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Stacked Squalos?
>
>I would suggest 4 element horizontal yagis pointed in the key direction
>would serve your purpose better. I have several 4 element yagi arrays on
>the side of my tower plus some omni directional arrays and in almost every
>direction the yagis perform better. In no case could I hear a signal on the
>omni antenna that I couldn't hear on the yagis.
>
>David
>KE4YYD
>
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