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[QUOTE=&quot;RF Steve, post: 115306, member: 18630&quot;]I can comment on the home brew. Dimensions can be critical. The most common easiest to find internet plans are of a very poor design to start with. I don't know what plans you used. From the look of the phasing line cross over between the elements it could be enough to kill the whole project hard to tell from a photo. Being a bit off on a measurement here, or there usually won't kill the project. Being a bit off on a measurement here, there, and everywhere can easily kill the whole project. I am not a good builder. My first 4 bay was a nightmare to try and put together and get right. It did work when finished. The second one wasn't much easier to build, but was a much better antenna when finished. A well built 2 bay using the correct dimensions will work better the a poorly built 4 bay using the wrong dimensions. Here are two links to known to be good tested and, computer modeled 4 bay antenna designs.<a href="http://www.dtvusaforum.com/dtv-hdtv-reception-antenna-discussion/8629-kosmic-antennas-superquad-4-bay-bowtie.html">http://www.dtvusaforum.com/dtv-hdtv-reception-antenna-discussion/8629-kosmic-antennas-superquad-4-bay-bowtie.html</a><a href="http://m4antenna.eastmasonvilleweather.com/">http://m4antenna.eastmasonvilleweather.com/</a>I can reference to a lot more information on those two antenna designs.Even when correctly built the next popular youtube design is a poor performer. <a href="http://imageevent.com/holl_ands/multibay/4bay/utube">UTube 4-Bay Bowtie - NO Reflector</a>I'm actually quite a fan of the very simple 10&quot;x9.5&quot; mclapp 2 bay.A great little test antenna.I now know what plans you used.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="RF Steve, post: 115306, member: 18630"]I can comment on the home brew. Dimensions can be critical. The most common easiest to find internet plans are of a very poor design to start with. I don't know what plans you used. From the look of the phasing line cross over between the elements it could be enough to kill the whole project hard to tell from a photo. Being a bit off on a measurement here, or there usually won't kill the project. Being a bit off on a measurement here, there, and everywhere can easily kill the whole project. I am not a good builder. My first 4 bay was a nightmare to try and put together and get right. It did work when finished. The second one wasn't much easier to build, but was a much better antenna when finished. A well built 2 bay using the correct dimensions will work better the a poorly built 4 bay using the wrong dimensions. Here are two links to known to be good tested and, computer modeled 4 bay antenna designs. [url]http://www.dtvusaforum.com/dtv-hdtv-reception-antenna-discussion/8629-kosmic-antennas-superquad-4-bay-bowtie.html[/url] [url]http://m4antenna.eastmasonvilleweather.com/[/url] I can reference to a lot more information on those two antenna designs. Even when correctly built the next popular youtube design is a poor performer. [url=http://imageevent.com/holl_ands/multibay/4bay/utube]UTube 4-Bay Bowtie - NO Reflector[/url] I'm actually quite a fan of the very simple 10"x9.5" mclapp 2 bay. A great little test antenna. I now know what plans you used.[/QUOTE]

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