Hey gents,

I've been thinking of building some helical dipoles, and using them as
vertical dipoles, and if that works out, then taking a few of them and
phasing them into a 4-square arrangement.

I wonder, my guess is that the tighter the helix, the less gain I'd
see under a full-size dipole. I also understand that I'd need more
wire than the traditional dipole formula calls for (468/f).

Sorry if this seems like a stupid question, I'm just now looking for
materials and simulations of this but haven't found anything on the
web yet.

Anyone try this? I've used vertical dipoles on 40M and they work quite
well, even without any radials.

73,

Jeff N6GQ