Just saw your post, Mike. I'd think you could expect a bit less gain from the
"squashed quad" than from a square-element quad, but a bit more than a
2-element Yagi. After all when you squash quad elements all the way down they
become folded dipoles. The 2 element quad can also have really good
front-to-back ratio, while the F/B for a 2 element Yagi (with straight
elements, not a Moxon) is quite poor. So there is probably a point in the
squashing process where the F/B really degrades. But the numbers on the
eantennas.es website certainly look to be about what I'd expect.
It's a whole lot heavier and a lot more wind area than a Moxon to get less than
a dB more gain, but that may be fine if you are only doing 2 bands
Innovantennas also makes similar antennas (more than one version, optimized for
different performance) - for example
http://www.innovantennas.com/antennas-a-accesories/on-line-shop/view/productdetails/virtuemart_product_id/367/virtuemart_category_id/3.html
73,
Steve, VE3SMA (sometimes /R)
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