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Old March 11th 05, 08:31 PM
Richard Harrison
 
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Art, KB9MZ wrote:
"---I would like to see the gain he arrives at---."

Kraus gives the W8JK close-spaced beam (spacing:1/8-wavelength) a gain
of 5.8 dBi on page 552 in his 2002 3rd edition of "Antennas". A dipole
in free-space has a gain of 2.14 dB over an isotropic, so the W8JK has a
gain of 3.66 dBd. This makes the W8JLK comparable in gain to other
2-element beams in Arnold B. Bailey`s "TV and Other Receiving Antennas"
catalog.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI