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I tried this very setup:

I found the Yagi had no problems with the vertical w/short GPS about 5 feet above, but the short GPs made for inferior performance compared to what I'd experienced with full length radials on my 5/8 wave antennas.

I removed the GPs as suggested and lowered the 5/8 within a foot of the Yagi. The severe storm system we experienced came through and I removed the 5/8 without an opportunity to compare the setup in this way. I had been redoing the Qv4k in the meantime and put it up in the air above the Yagi instead right above the Yagi. Both still perform very well:

<blockquote data-quote="HomerBB" data-source="post: 299682" data-attributes="member: 8569">I tried this very setup:<img src="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb426/Chal_Cirilo/5-8x12r/4516.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />I found the Yagi had no problems with the vertical w/short GPS about 5 feet above, but the short GPs made for inferior performance compared to what I&#039;d experienced with full length radials on my 5/8 wave antennas. I removed the GPs as suggested and lowered the 5/8 within a foot of the Yagi. The severe storm system we experienced came through and I removed the 5/8 without an opportunity to compare the setup in this way. I had been redoing the Qv4k in the meantime and put it up in the air above the Yagi instead right above the Yagi. Both still perform very well:<img src="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb426/Chal_Cirilo/Qv4k/4889.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="HomerBB, post: 299682, member: 8569"] I tried this very setup: [IMG]http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb426/Chal_Cirilo/5-8x12r/4516.jpg[/IMG] I found the Yagi had no problems with the vertical w/short GPS about 5 feet above, but the short GPs made for inferior performance compared to what [B]I'd[/B] experienced with full length radials on my 5/8 wave antennas. I removed the GPs as suggested and lowered the 5/8 within a foot of the Yagi. The severe storm system we experienced came through and I removed the 5/8 without an opportunity to compare the setup in this way. I had been redoing the Qv4k in the meantime and put it up in the air above the Yagi instead right above the Yagi. Both still perform very well: [IMG]http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb426/Chal_Cirilo/Qv4k/4889.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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