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Old November 13th 07, 04:40 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default Inverted VEE Yagi antenna

On Nov 13, 8:05 am, (Rick) wrote:
On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:54:14 -0800, Roy Lewallen wrote:
Try deleting the parasitic element and see what the gain of just the
driven element is.


Ok, I did. The gain at 7 MHz went from 11.2 to 7.22 dbi, at 30 degrees
elevation angle.

Rick K2XT


That seems more reasonable... Heck, a NBS yagi with 3 elements
only gives about 9.4 dbi plus or minus.
MK