Bill, I was taken aback by your somewhat harsh response and I hope you are
not speaking for everybody, but just for yourself.

What, in your opinion, does not qualify in my question, the fact that I am
not allowed to transmit on the frequency I wish to receive??

The physical laws are the same, be it for a 6m antenna, for example, or a FM
broadcast receiving antenna. In fact I was thinking in stripping my
Cushcraft 13 element 2 m antenna for the purpose and just lengthen all the
elements.

I hope others will be more inclined to share what they know.

73 Uwe
KB1JOW


From: Bill Turner
Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com
Reply-To:
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:02:05 -0800
Subject: Homebrew high gain FM broadcast antenna ??

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 23:53:47 GMT, Uwe wrote:

I like to put up a big hi gain FM broadcast band antenna (by big I mean 15 -
20 feet).

I can get the formulas for the spacing of the reflectors and directors from
literature, but it always says further optimization will be necessary.

This 'further optimization' might prove difficult and I wonder if anybody
here has experience with this or has built one of these antennas??

Uwe

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