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Old July 13th 06, 12:59 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default boomless 'quad' ?

not sure if i am really correctly describing a idea that came into my
mind properly and hey it may be a 1/2 baked idea but i was trying to
think of what might be a interesting experiment to take advantage of
some unusual 'realestate'

my building complex consists of several equal height and almost equially
spaced buildings from one end to the other would be a few blocks long
at least over 500ft n/s and going west about 1000ft (more like a t
shape east is a big park (3000ackers)

i was wondering if i could make a quad or somthing that each building
would have a piece of

thinking would eliminate the boom and i would end up with a antenna
that might be very interesting on say 40 80 160 (&others) maybe i am
wrong and end up w/marginal gain/performance

anythoughts as to someone that might have constructed a simular
experiment, if it might yeild me 'good gain'

the idea of a quad arose, because i was thinking it'd offer more
performance than say a really long dipole, w/the quad or so i could
have many elements

the idea of a beam came to mind too but i thought making many
horizontal parts and interconnecting them may be harder

the smallest 'gap' between buildings seems about 50ft

any thoughts?