Howwell does the antenna perform across 10 meters. The following table gives free-space figures across the band. Add about 5.5 dB to the gain for a height of about 1 wavelength. Modeled Performance of the 4-Element Wide-Band 10-Meter Yagi Freq. Gain F-B Ratio Impedance 50-Ohm
4 Clearly, building a Yagi tuned for 2 meters will likely have the best directional performance. Putting that aside, I'm trying to get information on what antenna type will have the best overall performance in the 2 meter band in an NFM mode. I have a 5/25 watt 2 meter FM transceiver that I'm currently using.
The2-m/70-cm combination presents a different challenge because the frequency ratio is about 3:1. Consider two dipoles, cut for 20 and 10 meters. We can easily use both dipoles with a common feedpoint. The reason is fairly simple: when one dipole shows a low impedance, the other shows a high impedance.
MOgZf.