I was always told that, if one had a 4 square, there would be no need for a receive array. I am finding this to be untrue when looking at the list of RDFs. (Receive Directivity Factor) I have snooped through the archives reading about RDF. Can anyone verify this from actual experience? Can you actually hear stuff on an 8 Circle that can't be heard on the transmit 4 square? I would think the difference might be more than marginal with the difference in RDFs of 2.48 db. I'm not sure of the difference in takeoff angles. That could be important too. As a practical matter, the 8 Circle is huge and expensive for a single band antenna...
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