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[VHFcontesting] 222MHz Big Wheel Interest.

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Subject: [VHFcontesting] 222MHz Big Wheel Interest.
From: w3cmp via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Reply-to: w3cmp <w3cmp@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 13:46:53 -0500
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Bubby:   Diameter of the 2 meter Big Wheel is 3.7 ft; the diameter of the 
432MHz Big Wheel is is about 13.5".  Stacking distance is 5/8 w/l.      
Extrapolating the two diameters I would expect the diameter of a 222MHz Big 
Wheel to be about 26".    The benefit of a Big Wheel over a loop is that the 
Wheel has more gain than a loop, just about dBd.  A loop has less gain than a 
dipole because it is a dipole folded into a square shape.73, Chris Patterson 
W3CMP Sent from my Galaxy
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