Ok antenna gurus.
As my VQUAD was made a mess by the tornado (have to pull it down again and put some more screws in I think the Gama matcher is losing intermittent connection to antenna probably in the slider area as it took a beating) and since insurance paid for a new one its only right and proper to not defraud and indeed buy a new beam aka siro 27-4 as it has much lighter weight than maco m103 or m104s for my puny rotor and I think I can get the VQUAD back in reasonable shape.
My question is how is the VQUAD modeled as 12.xx dbi gain and 27-4 as 8.xx dbi gain. Surely that can't be possible? What am I missing here as surely a 4 element yagi should outperform a 2 element VQUAD?
I know the VQUAD can beat the Maco m103 3 element yagi (spec included here for reference) but a 4 element?
![Screenshot_20240508_022120_DuckDuckGo.jpg Screenshot_20240508_022120_DuckDuckGo.jpg](https://www.worldwidedx.com/data/attachments/66/66252-fbc929da3274bd3ad5e8e83146074642.jpg)
![Screenshot_20210606-092738.png Screenshot_20210606-092738.png](https://www.worldwidedx.com/data/attachments/66/66251-748c099bb68713349af6212cf469d2ad.jpg)
![Screenshot_20210606-091034.png Screenshot_20210606-091034.png](https://www.worldwidedx.com/data/attachments/66/66253-127e4fbc15724d6c4052bc545630c179.jpg)
As my VQUAD was made a mess by the tornado (have to pull it down again and put some more screws in I think the Gama matcher is losing intermittent connection to antenna probably in the slider area as it took a beating) and since insurance paid for a new one its only right and proper to not defraud and indeed buy a new beam aka siro 27-4 as it has much lighter weight than maco m103 or m104s for my puny rotor and I think I can get the VQUAD back in reasonable shape.
My question is how is the VQUAD modeled as 12.xx dbi gain and 27-4 as 8.xx dbi gain. Surely that can't be possible? What am I missing here as surely a 4 element yagi should outperform a 2 element VQUAD?
I know the VQUAD can beat the Maco m103 3 element yagi (spec included here for reference) but a 4 element?
![Screenshot_20240508_022120_DuckDuckGo.jpg Screenshot_20240508_022120_DuckDuckGo.jpg](https://www.worldwidedx.com/data/attachments/66/66252-fbc929da3274bd3ad5e8e83146074642.jpg)
![Screenshot_20210606-092738.png Screenshot_20210606-092738.png](https://www.worldwidedx.com/data/attachments/66/66251-748c099bb68713349af6212cf469d2ad.jpg)
![Screenshot_20210606-091034.png Screenshot_20210606-091034.png](https://www.worldwidedx.com/data/attachments/66/66253-127e4fbc15724d6c4052bc545630c179.jpg)
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