[Elecraft] Rhombic antenna "gain"

[David Haines]

Well, I'm not wealthy.  But we do have 270 acres of forest-land covered 
with nothing but trees.  So a rhombic or two sounds really good, which 
never occurred to me before.  Thanks, Don!

Across the field from my shack, maybe 600',  is a row of 90' pine 
trees.  More trees on either edge of the field for the vertices. And the 
feed could be right at the shack.  How important is symmetry?

I've been deciding how much Wireman #534 to buy, so it sounds like I 
should go for at least 1000'!   Still will need a lot of support line, 
though.

david, in the forests of Maine

KC1DNY

On 9/13/2019 6:24 PM, Mike Markowski wrote:
> Can you expand on this, Ken, or if easier, a reference?  I'm curious 
> what tradeoffs are made.  I used a rhombic at Ft. Monmouth, NJ before 
> the Army base was closed in 2011, and used to boom into Europe and 
> Russia.  It was amazing.  I also got copies of WWII manuals on rhombic 
> construction while there.  You know, just in case I became wealthy 
> with tens of acres of land.  :-)
>
> 73,
> Mike ab3ap
>
> On 9/13/19 5:57 PM, Ken G Kopp wrote:
>> Rhombic antennas derive their well-known gain by "throwing away" some of
>> the design's gain.  Ditto for the infamous "inverted vee". Use is 
>> made of
>> the lobes from the four wires while disregarding others.
>>
>> 73 !
>>
>> Ken Kopp - K0PP
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