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I have been searching the Forum to try and see if anyone has built the GH8 and what sort of real world reception results they have had with it.
Searching the forum has not yeilded much - it seems difficult to search using a short word like GH8.
Plus, it does not seem to me that many have built the GH8. Lots of GH6 and GH10 - not so many GH8 - or am I wrong ??
Member Firimari seems to have built one.
The reason for my interest in the GH8 is as follows:
The specs j3d (John E. Davis) has on his "jedsoft" web page for the GH8 seem good and interesting to me.
http://www.jedsoft.org/fun/antennas/dtv/gh.html
Gain of the GH8 seems relatively flat across the UHF band, compared to the GH10 - but the GH8 also has consistently higher gain than the GH6 across the whole band.
(SWR of the GH8 seems consistently flatter and lower also - generally - across the band)
So ... compared to the GH6, for just a couple extra co-linear reflectors, the GH8 seems to give you some moderate advantage for not a big extra cost.
(So it seems like a good one for me to try and build and test)
So ... Anyone out there build the GH8? Or the the Double GH8?
What are your practical, real world results with the GH8? Reception?
Have any problems with the GH8 ?
GH8 advantages or disadvantages?
Most interested. Thanks in advance for your help and advice.
Searching the forum has not yeilded much - it seems difficult to search using a short word like GH8.
Plus, it does not seem to me that many have built the GH8. Lots of GH6 and GH10 - not so many GH8 - or am I wrong ??
Member Firimari seems to have built one.
The reason for my interest in the GH8 is as follows:
The specs j3d (John E. Davis) has on his "jedsoft" web page for the GH8 seem good and interesting to me.
http://www.jedsoft.org/fun/antennas/dtv/gh.html
Gain of the GH8 seems relatively flat across the UHF band, compared to the GH10 - but the GH8 also has consistently higher gain than the GH6 across the whole band.
(SWR of the GH8 seems consistently flatter and lower also - generally - across the band)
So ... compared to the GH6, for just a couple extra co-linear reflectors, the GH8 seems to give you some moderate advantage for not a big extra cost.
(So it seems like a good one for me to try and build and test)
So ... Anyone out there build the GH8? Or the the Double GH8?
What are your practical, real world results with the GH8? Reception?
Have any problems with the GH8 ?
GH8 advantages or disadvantages?
Most interested. Thanks in advance for your help and advice.