On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, Doug Larrick wrote: ]I use an antenna in the Yagi family, 25-30 miles from the transmitters ]in Boston. One of these: ]http://www.antennasdirect.com/42xg___extreme_gain_42_element_y.htm ]From what I understand, the corner reflector flattens out the frequency ]response somewhat over a normal Yagi. On this particular antenna, the ]stacked arrangement of the rods flattens the beam (reception area), ]which is no great loss for terrestrial signals; this means it can use a ]relatively few segments and still get good gain.
>From the picture it looks like two stacked UHF log periodics that have been turned around to point at a reflector. "Yagi" here seems to be marketing speak for 'directional antenna'. In any case, I'm envious of your antenna ;) -- Daniel
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