The 8 Element Arrays
There are 2 types of our 8 element arrays, There is
the wide spaced arrays and the narrow spaced arrays. Each of these 2 types has a
model for 160 meters and 80 meters. These are mono band arrays. The wide spaced
design is based on the classic 4 active circle with nearly 5/8 wave length
between side elements. This wide spacing has shown some spatial diversity which
tends to balance out the peaks and valleys of weak signal QSB (fading). The
narrow spaced design is based on a unique all active circle which provides
stellar RDF (directivity) performance. This narrow design provides the best
performance in the least amount of space. The RDF and Front to Back ratio of the
narrow spaced array is the best available to date commercially. Both of these
designs easily outperform long Beverage and various loop antennas in many ways.
Both these arrays utilize the Hi-Z amplifiers at each element.
So, if you want the best of all worlds (maximum band coverage) and you have a
Hi-Z 4 element or Triangular array you can locate either of these arrays
in the center of either of the 8 element arrays. We call this the concentric
layout. It is also possible to install the 80 meter 8 element array concentric
with the 160 meter 8 element array.
Link to Receiving Antenna comparison Chart
Coming soon, Hi-Z 8
Vs Beverage comparison chart
The 8-350 is the wide spaced 160 meter array and the 8-175 is the wide spaced 80 meter array.
8-350 8-175
The wide spaced 160 meter array is based on a 350 foot diameter circle. The 80 meter array is based on a 175 foot diameter circle.
The 8-200 is the narrow spaced 160 meter array and the 8-100 is the narrow spaced 80 meter array.
8-200 8-100
The narrow spaced 160 meter array is based on a 200 foot diameter circle. The 80 meter array is based on a 100 foot diameter circle. While this design appears to have some rather large side lobes, they really are not very significant to noise or off axis interference pickup. These lobes are very low elevation angle responses and as such do not respond to local signals or noise.
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