Brian wrote:

Disregard my initial question; I received an email reply from Andy this
morning. However, I would still welcome any comments on this antenna's
performance. In any event, I think I'll go ahead and order one.

-Brian

I have a pair of ALA1530s as part of a phased array. They're less sensitive
than (say) a Dymek McKay DA100E whip as to S/N in a quiet location, more obviously
so at higher frequencies, but they're very handy for their pre-aimed null and
I use them more often than the whips in combination. In a noisy environment
they're probably much superior to the whip.

You can combine one with a whip at the same location and produce a forward to back
double null rather than a two opposite nulls (or any combination in a V between them),
without taking any real estate at all.

``Forward'' and ``back'' are in the plane of the loop, so you can aim the entire
pattern by turning the loop physically.

So, in short, if you're dithering about whether to get a whip or a loop, you can
get the loop first and add a whip later.

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Ron Hardin


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