Todd
All that information is best located in the VE7BQH 2 meter yagi tables which
deal with essentially every decent 2 meter yagi ever designed. This data is
found in several places including
http://www.sm2cew.com/gt.htm
All data is in meters. To convert to feet, go to Google and put for example
the following in the search box:
3.33 meters in feet
and the Google calculator will return the distance in feet
Please note that the quality of a particular yagi is probably best
represented by the G/T figure of merit, the last column. The less negative
the G/T the better the yagi. So for the 17B2 if you have the space you will
get a better pattern and marginally more gain if you use the longer VE7BQH
stacking distance rather than that recommended by Cushcraft.
I have a single 17B2 and it works well. I believe it was designed by W1JR
when he was chief engineer of Cushcraft. You can't go wrong with a W1JR
design. As you know you will find the 17B2 to be relatively robust
mechanically with a solid support strut and a decent boom.
73 Gene W3ZZ
World Above 50 MHz
FM19jd MD
50 => 10 GHz
Grid Pirates Contest Group K8GP
Member, CQWW Contest Advisory Group
-----Original Message-----
From: Todd Dravland-WD0T [mailto:wd0t@mncomm.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 5:59 PM
To: vhfcontesting@contesting.com
Subject: [VHFcontesting] stacking 17B2's
I have a single 17B2 and am looking to stack another with it, my question is
two fold:
1) What experiences do you have in general, good or bad, with the 17B2's
2) What is the recommended stacking distance for best pattern.
Thanks, 73 Todd WD0T
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