EME setup - ensure your investment is not ill spent

I am often asked for complete systems (through InnovAntennas) to purchase or advice on setting up of self-build systems. It is understandable that anyone would want to get as much advice as possible with investing so much time and money into a project and therefore it is good to get it right.

While a standard horizontally mounted 4 antenna system in an H-frame is relatively simple, the ideal setup when it comes to X-pol setups is a very different matter and it is this subject I will focus on although there are some areas of common benefit to be had from some of my suggested alterations.

4 x 5el LFA-3 50MHz Yagis on6.2m booms, horizontally mounted

on a standard H-frame (InnovAntennas)

X-pol Configuration - Why use it?

This is a detailed area of discussion so I will cover the top level only here without too much drill-down. An X-pol Yagi is one which has two sets of elements or effectively, two Yagi antennas set on the same boom. Typically these Yagis are mounted in order one set of elements is in the vertical plane and one set in in the horizontal plane.