Dan Jacobson wrote:
Yes! Say, can one just cut the reflector 5% longer than the antenna?
The antenna is some complex double 5/8 wavelength job.
If the reflector is shorter than the antenna, it becomes a director?

Nope, the reflector needs to be 5% longer than 1/2WL.
A 5/8WL antenna is NOT resonant. Passive elements must
be close to and referenced to resonance.

I had a vertical loop resonant on 17m. I installed a
reflector 1.05 x (1/2WL of 20m). It became a beam on 20m.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp


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