05-14-14 08:33 TOM WALKER wrote to ED VANCE about Re: Antennas by Roy

 TW> {at}MSGID: 
 EV>So a Quagi looks like it has two square reflector sections instead of
 EV>reflector elements?
 EV>I would guess that them being of a larger size helps the Front to Back
 EV>Ratio?

 TW> Actually one of the "Square" elements is the Active radiating
 TW> element connected to the coax cable and the one of the
 TW> reflector.

Thanks Tom,

I'd guess that would be true of having the Reflector as large as
the Driven Element.

 EV>As I was typing near the end of this message I remembered a SQUALO
 EV>Antenna, if I spelled it right, and just had to write about it.
 EV>I think it was a Square Halo antenna way back in the 1960's for 6M and
 EV>maybe 2M. It's been a L O N G time since I've thought about those.

 TW> You could consider the Quagi a verticaly polarized SQUALO with
 TW> directors and a reflector.

I came close then, didn't I?, comparing the Rear Elements of the Beam
to a SQUALO.

Sometimes I remember correctly, sometimes I don't.

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