based on the HB9CV principle.
This experiment is a 6-band type
to compare with the famous HexBeam.
Franz Glaser Glasau 3, 4191 Vorderweissenbach Austria
The antenna is constructed different from usual Swiss Quads.
The coaxial cable ist meant the same as / similar to the cable with the taps of the Hexbeam. The advantage that the coaxial cable on the Gamma-X is naturally grounded on one side and does not generate any sheath waves.
The longest pipes on the reflector side (red) are 5.0 and 3.6m. The Quad shall be 6m x 6m x 2,3m and shall have the lobe of a common 3-pole Quad (Reflector Dipole Director).
All electromagnetic used parts (SWR) are wires, no tubes.
The tubes are made of GFK material.
This antenna was never built on a mast, sorry. I only had a 1:10 model for the 2m-band and SWR and Smith diagram measurements with the AA-600.
Caution: these values are not 1:1 correct because the "wires only" construction takes some factor on the resonance frequency. The resonance frequency cannot modified with the Gamma alone! It is a matter of the size of the square. On common OneBand swissquads the resonance can be easily adjusted with the height but this makes troubles with this 6-band constuction with the tube angle.
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