Re: [IRCA] Electronically steerable receive antenna

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- "Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW" <AM-DXer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In the December issue of QST magazine I noticed an ad for a company
> called DX Engineering. They are marketing a compact electronically
> steerable system of four ground mounted vertical antennas that looks
> very interesting. It is called the Four-Square Receiving System. They
> claim performance comparable to a Beverage plus rejection of high
> angle
> signals that is superior to EWE, Flag, Pennant, or K9AY arrays. The
> system is targeted to the ham market. But the ads claim operation
> from
> 100 kHz to 30 MHz. They say that it is "like having a rotatable
> Beverage
> antenna". It does not require radials or any special ground system.
> Basic cost is $1,325. Their web site is at www.DXEngineering.com.
> There
> is also a user comment page at www.eham.net/reviews/detail/5336.
> 


Sounds like a full-scale version of something I recall the FCC using
for finding pirates - their was four small whips mounted atop a station
wagon or van. 

Wonder how many they'll sell at that price...

Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'
AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 & 4' FET air core loop


 
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