Hybrid for 11 meters.

[PA629]

Was wondering if anyone here has ever made a quagi for 11 meters? I'm in the process of putting up a 2nd tower with a horizontally polarized beam to go along with the vertical quad I have now and was considering the hybrid design. A local years back was attempting to add directors to a PDL2, but as I recall, he ran into a lot of problems. In the past, I did make a VHF quagi to use on the marine band that worked fine, but then VHF and UHF quagi's are common. Just curious if anybody's tried one on HF before. I suppose I could just put up the ol' tried and true 4 element yagi, but where's the sense of adventure in that?? Comments anyone?

 

[W5LZ]

Oh, I think you'll find that they are not uncommon at all. How well do they work? About as well as a similar yagi.
- 'Doc

 

[Seminoles]

I used a VHF first then used an antenna tuner on it for CB it worked local so I built one for CB a reflector and driven fill wave quad with two 1/4 Yagi directors worked as good as the neighbors moon raker. The next one I liked better it had a folded reflector and driven quad or dipole not sure which it is called with three 1/2 wave Yagi directors instead of the 1/4 wave like on the first Quagi.