Mike Coslo wrote:
I'm using a homebrew dipole at the moment. It is a fairly typical one,
with coax going to a 4:1 balun. Short side 40 some feet, and ~135 feet
total. Roughly What I am curious about is that 80 meter operation is
pretty good, 40 meters is good also, but on 20 meters it, for lack of a
better word, sucks.

Is the OCF multi-band antenna a dog on 20 meters?

EZNEC sez it has about 8 dBi maximum gain in an 8-lobed
pattern with 4 major lobes. It should be a pretty good
antenna in certain directions. If you are expecting good
20m broadside performance, which it has on 40m, then you
will be disappointed.

If the antenna is running N/S or E/W, the major lobes on
20m will roughly be in the NE, NW, SE, & SW directions in
a "cloverleaf" pattern.

You can see all this for yourself by downloading the free
demo version of EZNEC from http://www.eznec.com
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp


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