Anyone use the 2 or three element Gizmotchy? I was reading the review thread, then at the last post, the review link was dead. I've heard good vibes from their 2 and 6 meter Gizmos, but not much on the 10/11 meter. Boom length is gismottified.
I read something somewhere that said the element spacing on the gizmochy was not optimized and a yagi beam would out preform it. I will see if I can find it.
Just curious, what did you use for a matching balun? Was it 1:1 or something else?I built my own 2-element quad a few years ago, and it did a very good job even w/o a matching balun. After I added the balun it really pulled in the DX. It came down in a storm and I have a 4 element up now that is even better.
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The balun does not match your coax. You use one to reduce common mode currents on your coax if it is other than 50 ohms at the feed point.