lol@shockwave, im happy i stired something up in somebody to make them want to see what the design is capable of on 11mtrs,
as you know theres far more to setting one up than sticking it on the analyser and adjusting for low vswr,
28ft. are you taking into account the wavelength/diameter ratio of all conductors on hf vs vhf means the vector needs to be relatively longer@ 27mhz for the same electrical length?,
i ended up with more than 28ft with 90-3/4" radials for best signals at distance,
129" diameter hoop
, do you mean 129" circumference or are you testing the large radial angle with the hoop and ignoring trying to keep the radials about 1/4wave long?
129 circumference using 80" rods sounds about right to me,
i suspect going longer with the radials will also improve performance, going shorter on the radials definately lost performance @60+miles for me,
the only way i will find out is swap the radial upper sections for longer tubes and test the idea, i have the sigma and several vector hoops to experiment with,
good luck on extracting more gain on the horizon, im confident it can be done,
imho what you see on fm broadcast band is no fluke ,
it will be interesting to see how the modified vector looks and how our dimentions compare when we are done
