Best beam for low height

[Bearcat]

say 20-25 ft?

 

[undertaker]

Maco 103

 

[Bearcat]

Maco 103

I was thinking the v quad but I have zero experience with beams

 

[314]

I was thinking the v quad but I have zero experience with beams

Lightning antennas....QUAD L4+

 

[w9cll]

Do you want vertical or horizontal or both?

 

[Road Squawker]

with out a doubt,..... a cubical quad

 

[tba02]

A moxon at 20ft puts up a really good fight with a gainmaster at 30 feet to the feed.

 

[psycho]

20-25 ft tall? A vertical beam would be a waste but a small flat beam would work fine and at least you'll be able to shoot skip.

 

[Bearcat]

20-25 ft tall? A vertical beam would be a waste but a small flat beam would work fine.

Yes flat side

 

[Bearcat]

Do you want vertical or horizontal or both?

Horizontal

 

[2RT307]

I ran a Maco 104C at about 25 feet. I had it horizontal and it worked great.

73,
Brett

 

[w9cll]

Horizontal

Moxon at that height will work nicely.

 

[wavrider]

Definite a moxon for light weight ease of install and small rotor to turn it.

 

[Bearcat]

Definite a moxon for light weight ease of install and small rotor to turn it.

I have looked up the moxon several times...question? Is it a dipole with a feedpoint on one side and dipole director on the other? Can I use a commercial dipole with a balun for the director?

 

[camaro1]

I have looked up the moxon several times...question? Is it a dipole with a feedpoint on one side and dipole director on the other? Can I use a commercial dipole with a balun for the director?

the feed point is just like a dipole,, but the ends of the dipole are folded back 90 degrees,, then the reflector portion is just solid with no connection points,, here are a couple pics, one is of a vhf version but same concept just larger for hf, the other is a 10m version, here is a moxon calculator: http://w4.vp9kf.com/moxon_design.htm