I looked it up in my course materials. It has a balanced feed of 50
ohms. A very broad front lobe with a high front to back ratio. I
believe you could consider it on par with a compact (short elements) 2
element Yagi. Structurally, I think the "tails" are a bit of a problem
compared to other forms of shortening.

It is difficult to compare Quads to anything else.
Quads always look good on paper because they are essentially a pair of
antennas that are efficiently coupled. They are challenging to build,
install & maintain due to the three dimensional construction.

I have not built one (yet?)...
de W8CCW John

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 01:01:02 GMT, John Ferrell
wrote:

The ARRL Antenna modeling course includes the Moxon.
I kind of visualize the elements to be analogous to top hat tuned
parts of a two element Yagi.

I did not receive any Moxon examples in my copy of EZNEC but I am
confident it would model it OK.

I don't recall the feed details.

de W8CCW John

On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:18:44 -0400, jawod wrote:

Thanks, Richard and Paul for answers about Beverage

Here's another one, if you (or anyone) wants to chime in:
There are about 4 paragraphs in the Antenna Book about Moxon design.
Again, in contrast, lots of chatter about it on the newsgroups and on
the air:
Is this a viable alternative to larger yagis and quads?

Specifically, there is an Optibeam OBW10-5. It appears to have a broad
front lobe. But, it also appears to have a lower visible profile, a
plus for the neighbors.

Is it worth consideration?

John
AB8O
John Ferrell W8CCW
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