Re: Topband: 60' or 70' spacing on Hi-Z 4/8 element RX array

2016-11-02 Thread StellarCAT
Hi Lee, Alright - I'm convinced then. I'll do the 60'! Thanks Gary -Original Message- From: Lee STRAHAN Sent: Wednesday, November 2, 2016 8:39 PM To: StellarCAT ; topband@contesting.com Subject: RE: Topband: 60' or 70' spacing on Hi-Z 4/8 element RX array

Re: Topband: 60' or 70' spacing on Hi-Z 4/8 element RX array

2016-11-02 Thread Lee STRAHAN
or 70' spacing on Hi-Z 4/8 element RX array Thanks Bob, 70’ is what Lee use to offer ... I had a 4 sq with those dimensions (it was stolen out of a self storage unit however). I believe Lee would do cabling for either 70’ or 60’. My main focus is still 160 with 80 as the second ... but I

Re: Topband: 60' or 70' spacing on Hi-Z 4/8 element RX array

2016-11-02 Thread StellarCAT
, November 2, 2016 1:19 PM To: StellarCAT ; topband@contesting.com Subject: Re: Topband: 60' or 70' spacing on Hi-Z 4/8 element RX array Hi Gary We plan to set up ours with 60' spacing for best 40m performance, and with just 10' elements.. When it is done we will be able to com

Re: Topband: 60' or 70' spacing on Hi-Z 4/8 element RX array

2016-11-02 Thread Bob Kupps via Topband
Hi Gary We plan to set up ours with 60' spacing for best 40m performance, and with just 10' elements.. When it is done we will be able to compare the performance on 80 and 160 with our monoband 8 circles. I agree that power gain is not important, particularly in our high QRN environment. AFAIK 7

Topband: 60' or 70' spacing on Hi-Z 4/8 element RX array

2016-11-02 Thread StellarCAT
I just purchased a HiZ 8 element array ... and am trying to decide which way I want to go. I want a bit better performance on 40 than the standard 80’ spacing provides (lobes are quite high angled) ... and going down to 70’ improves 40 a good bit – going to 60’ even more so (and improves, from a