But that is Apples to Oranges. Three elements will usually yield more gain than two. Typical broadcast arrays use a combination of the two topologies a two row of three in a line with the second row spaced 180 or so degrees is common in broadcast and yields excellent gain as well as FB ratio.
On 11/23/11 12:36 AM, Dr. Wolf Ostwald wrote: > Hi reflectees ! > I currently have the setup to try 3el in line against 2 el halfwave > spaced broadside. I run this comparingly for about two years now and my > findings are : the broadside radiation from 2el /halfwave is lower than > the endfire radiation from 3 el 1/4 spaced. E.g. westcoast USA is > easier to work with my 2el broadside than with 3 el endfire, not by > much, but some 2 dbs on the long hauls is frquently encountered, which > is a lot on 160. This is also commonly described in antenna design books. > Just a short message from the "been there, done that" department :-) > 73 de wolf df2py > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
