05-14-14 08:33 TOM WALKER wrote to ED VANCE about Re: Antennas by Roy   
      
    TW> @MSGID: <5373E9BA.436.amtradio@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    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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