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On 10 Jul 2005 21:53:28 -0700, "Blue Dawg"
wrote: Richard, are you saying to go buy two identical antennas and mount them the same sans coax... Hi Cliff, Put them back about ¼ wave, and tune them about 3-5% lower in frequency = Two element yagi. If you want to chip in two more, you can build them as directors. 73's Richard Clark, KB7QHC |
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Your SWRs are great (as the antenna is setup now) dont bother fixing them.
A good antenna, maybe with some gain, usually only has a bandwidth of the 40 channels. The SWR will be maybe 2:1 at ch1 then go low to 1:1.4 at ch20 then back to 2:1 at ch 40..will work just fine. Actually your SWRs sound too good to me, for antennas with loading coils. If you change the antenna the SWR WILL change so you will need to tune it up. You want more gain, in some direction, right? well you're going to loose gain in all the other directions. Focusing the signals by setting up the antenna like in a beam makes the antennas SWR curve narrower, 2:1range may only go from ch10 to ch 30. And the SWR will go up, so you need the gamma match you see on the driven elements to fix the problem. Apparently Peneterators are 12 ft long, with a load in the center (a lousy compromise). There would be a matching coil at the base probably too whether theyre 1/2 wave or 5/8th antennas. A real 5/8th antenna will be 21 ft high with no loading coils, dont skimp on heighth . If they are 5/8th antennas and you have mounted these base to base then you have made an Extended Double Zepp which has gain of maybe 4-6db (2.5-4X signal gain) and can focus the signals on the horizon (I assume these are mounted vertically not horizontally out from the sides of a tower). you would need to put the base to base mount at least 40ft off the ground, one pointing up/one down. Adding a director or reflector will not do much for you, since you already have pretty good antenna (assuming its working right!) A Zepp antenna (end to end 5/8th antennas, 42 ft long) is a great vertical if high enough and it puts you power on the horizon. "Blue Dawg" wrote in message oups.com... I am running a President Grant am/usb/lsb and on Channel 1 the SWR is 1:0.08, on Channel 40 it is 1:1.45 and on Channel 19 it is 1:1.09. It really isn't worth doing an adjustment on this antenna setup is there? The antenna is a single Yagi beam made up of two Tram Penetrators (Monkey Made's). I think that it is sold as a 1/2 wave antenna and have heard that it is a 5/8 wave. This antenna can be set for 10 meter usage also. It really looks weird up there without a reflector on it. I may put a reflector on it but am stumped as to length of the reflector (ging to be made of 1/2" electrical conduit). I can't find the formula for the length taking into consideration of the diameter of the reflector. I believe that the 'stand-by' one should use 468/f. Using 27.185 (Chl 19) the length should be 17.22 feet. Only thing is the length of the driven element is less than 12' because of the antennas having the centerload coil in them. What do you think? |
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