View Single Post
  #20  
Old 11-15-2016, 10:35 PM
jr_tech's Avatar
jr_tech jr_tech is offline
VideoKarma Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 4,510
For sure worth a try... since its boom length is similar to that of the 6 element FM-6, it *should* have similar gain. May be about as good as you can do these days without spending a ton of money on a commercial head end/translator antenna from Scala:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...YftrTT1IyGbBXA

IIRC these industrial strength antennas were around 500 bucks 7 or 8 years ago, likely more now.

Dxers have also imported Kroner antennas, but I expect that would be very expensive as well.

http://ham-radio.com/k6sti/korn1512.htm

You could get lucky and find a decent used antenna... about 5 or 6 years ago, I spotted an old Radio Shack 10 element FM antenna that was disconnected, on a house that was about to be painted... they were going to throw it away. I was happy to take it down for them, and rescue a free antenna.

jr

edit add: This Scala log periodic antenna would be better for dxing than the Scala Yagi which is usually optimized for one frequency:

https://www.kathreinusa.com/wp-conte...FM-VRM-50N.pdf

.

Last edited by jr_tech; 11-16-2016 at 12:28 AM. Reason: add log periodic link
Reply With Quote
Audiokarma