Yes. The family of beam antennas also includes in addition to antennas using
parasitic elements such as the Yagi, arrays of two or more driven phased
elements, one or more radiating elements in front of a plane reflector, a
termninated rhombic, a helix and many other types. . IIRC sometime in the
dim past many hams started to call yagis 'beams', which they are, but all
other types of antenna system which also exhibit unidirectional patterns and
are 'beams' by other names. I don't know why the Yagi, which is just a
member of the 'beam' family of antennas, received this preferential
treatment.
73,
Geoff
GM4ESD
----- Original Message -----
Dale Holloway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Isn't it still a beam, whether vertical or horizontal, as long as it's got
a
parasitic element? --Dale, K4EQ
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