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Old October 11th 05, 06:03 AM
Jim
 
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Default Need RDF Yagi alternative

This isn't strictly a Ham question, but I hope you all can help me anyway.

I am using small transmitters in the 166-167 mhz range in some Box Turtle
research I am doing. My RDF antenna is a 3 element Yagi designed via
Yagicad 4.1 which works pretty well. It has 48db front/back and about 90
degrees beamwidth in the H pattern.

This works well for initial locating......usually starting 1500 to 2000 feet
from my transmitter, but the closer I get, the more inaccurate it becomes.

What kind of antenna design could I switch to when I get to close range that
would have a narrower beam so I could pinpint my target? It would be nice
to have something smaller than my 35" x 21" yagi for close in work, but the
beam width is the primary concern.

Yagicad doesn't let me design solely on beam width (at least I haven't
figured out how) so is there another way to go on this??

Thanks
Jim


 
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