Rhombics
"Yuri Blanarovich"
Rhombics perform better than what simulations and modeling show.
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I can vouch for that. In 1961 I was stationed at Dharhan AFB, Saudi Arabia,
and operated many times from HZ1AB there -- at the time the only licensed
amateur radio station in Saudi not connected with the royal family.
We used a Collins exciter driving a heavily modified BC-610 to a terminated
rhombic aimed down the eastern seaboard of the US. We had no trouble
reaching the States (and hearing 1,000s of DX-ers wanting to talk to us).
OTOH, military links I took care of using KWS-1s into 6-element rotatable
"beams" didn't do as well.
RF
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