Radio Corner

These are a couple of PMR 3-element Yagi Folded Dipole Beams that I made, basically the same except all of the design calculators are for the folded dipole to be oriented 90 degrees to the boom, I have always used this design for previous beams I have made. For my most recent design, I decided to go with images I've seen but couldn't really find any information on, with the folded dipole lying flat to the boom. I would say they work equally as well; however, the one with the 90-degree folded dipole is not always facing the intended direction that you would expect, always seems around 45 degrees off, but it did not affect receive performance.

I used the initial calculation from here https://3g-aerial.biz/en/online-calculations/antenna-calculations/dl6wu-yagi-uda-antenna-online-calculator