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Nice. Homer, have you found anything which provides better performance than (or even as good as) the 2 element Quad?

I can't recall who it was then, but someone I talked with was using a full wave rectangular shaped loop, (1005/freq^MHz) as a single element bi-directional/ semi-omni, but it had a 2.75:1 ratio and was fed at the center of a long side, so in 11m terms a 13.5'H x 5'W loop for vertical, fed 1/2 way up one side, or a 13.5'W x 5'H for horizontal.
This shape is supposed to drop the feed point impedance to about 50Ω so it can be directly fed by 50Ω coax and is supposed to provide about 2dB gain over a dipole with much less noise and commensurate receive gain.

I haven't tried one yet, but may. Might be an interesting comparison to erect it where I now have the lower Gainmaster and use the higher one for comparison to see if it beats it.

<blockquote data-quote="Needle Bender" data-source="post: 404475" data-attributes="member: 13339">Nice. Homer, have you found anything which provides better performance than (or even as good as) the 2 element Quad?I can&#039;t recall who it was then, but someone I talked with was using a full wave rectangular shaped loop, (1005/freq^MHz) as a single element bi-directional/ semi-omni, but it had a 2.75:1 ratio and was fed at the center of a long side, so in 11m terms a 13.5&#039;H x 5&#039;W loop for vertical, fed 1/2 way up one side, or a 13.5&#039;W x 5&#039;H for horizontal.&nbsp;This shape is supposed to drop the feed point impedance to about 50Ω so it can be directly fed by 50Ω coax and is supposed to provide about 2dB gain over a dipole with much less noise and commensurate receive gain.I haven&#039;t tried one yet, but may. Might be an interesting comparison to erect it where I now have the lower Gainmaster and use the higher one for comparison to see if it beats it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Needle Bender, post: 404475, member: 13339"] Nice. Homer, have you found anything which provides better performance than (or even as good as) the 2 element Quad? I can't recall who it was then, but someone I talked with was using a full wave rectangular shaped loop, (1005/freq^MHz) as a single element bi-directional/ semi-omni, but it had a 2.75:1 ratio and was fed at the center of a long side, so in 11m terms a 13.5'H x 5'W loop for vertical, fed 1/2 way up one side, or a 13.5'[B]W[/B] x 5'[B]H[/B] for horizontal. This shape is supposed to drop the feed point impedance to about 50Ω so it can be directly fed by 50Ω coax and is supposed to provide about 2dB gain over a dipole with much less noise and commensurate receive gain. I haven't tried one yet, but may. Might be an interesting comparison to erect it where I now have the lower Gainmaster and use the higher one for comparison to see if it beats it. [/QUOTE]

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