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Re: [TowerTalk] Cover antennas - the good news and the bad news

To: "'Mark - N5OT'" <r-emails@n5ot.com>, <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Cover antennas - the good news and the bad news
From: <chetmoore@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2020 20:35:02 -0700
List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
Not a FLAME. But You would likely benefit from reading the k7lxc N0ax  
tribander report. After raeading it I ordered the  C31XR.   Force 12 is no more 
 but some of their antennas  are  mechanically improved and sold by JK and 
there are A lot newer tribanders  I would like to see them  test on their 
antenna range.  Hint,  tests of some of the mosely and hy gain antennas  did 
not fare all that well.  I had a TH6, a TH3 , TH7 and  a classic ta33 all of 
which worked
Pretty well..........in their day.   My th-3 is still a good  FIELD DAY antenna 
 and great as a mult antenna to grab  south American mults  so I don’t have to  
rotate the c31.

N4fx

-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of Mark - N5OT
Sent: Friday, October 30, 2020 4:49 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Cover antennas - the good news and the bad news

You turd :-)

I have a Classic 33 Tribander and I am still trying to figure out why anyone 
would put up something bigger.  It seems to work everything I call on it, and 
that makes me satisfied.  Maybe I should go lay in the yard too.

73 - Mark N5OT


On 10/30/2020 5:26 PM, Richard Bell wrote:
> I’m not trying to be the proverbial turd in the sandbox but I’m wondering 
> about a thing or two.
>
> I took a quick look at the publications on the championradio.com page and 
> have a question.  It seems the books were published a few years ago.
>
> While the design theory has not changed, materials and workmanship may have. 
> My recent experience with Mosley left me a little concerned about the 
> performance of the end product, in my case a new RV-7C vertical.
>
> Am I mistaken or did I miss a revision date?
>
> Since I may be acting like a turd, I will now go lay in the yard.
>
> 73 W5BXE RB
>
>> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2020 21:30:33 +0000 (UTC)
>> From: <k7lxc@aol.com>
>> To: towertalk@contesting.com
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Cover antennas - the good news and the bad news
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>> Howdy, TowerTalkians -
>>
>> ? ? Tnx for your identification of the aforementioned QST cover 
>> antennas. I was on the right track anyway - hi.?? ? The good news? 
>> The F12 C31XR is a terrific antenna. The bad news? The Mosley PRO 
>> series antennas are LOSERS. If you don't believe me, get a copy of 
>> our exclusive on-the-air yagi antenna test (available from 
>> championradio.com) and see for yourself. One of the PRO antennas we 
>> tested had negative gain on one band. Hard to believe the antenna's 
>> owner hasn't noticed the difference himself since they're installed 
>> in close proximity for instant comparison. Or maybe he has.??? ? Now 
>> back to regularly scheduled programming.??Cheers,Steve? ? ?K7LXC
>>
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>> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2020 22:03:19 +0000
>> From: AB2E Darrell <ab2e@hotmail.com>
>> To: "towertalk@contesting.com" <towertalk@contesting.com>,
>>     "k7lxc@aol.com"    <k7lxc@aol.com>
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Cover antennas - the good news and the bad
>>     news
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>> Steve,
>> Thanks for sharing the info on the test results book. I hadn't seen that and 
>> I will pick one up since I have a C31XR (will likely buy a 2nd when my tower 
>> project moves forward). Along the way I acquired a NOS Pro-67 real cheap and 
>> I was thinking of putting it up on a separate tower and leaving pointed 
>> towards SA/Carib. I might still do that since I already have it, but will 
>> read those results before I decide.
>>
>> 73 Darrell AB2E
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces@contesting.com> on behalf of 
>> k7lxc--- via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
>> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2020 5:30 PM
>> To: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Cover antennas - the good news and the bad news
>>
>> Howdy, TowerTalkians -
>>
>>     Tnx for your identification of the aforementioned QST cover antennas. I 
>> was on the right track anyway - hi.     The good news? The F12 C31XR is a 
>> terrific antenna. The bad news? The Mosley PRO series antennas are LOSERS. 
>> If you don't believe me, get a copy of our exclusive on-the-air yagi antenna 
>> test (available from championradio.com) and see for yourself. One of the PRO 
>> antennas we tested had negative gain on one band. Hard to believe the 
>> antenna's owner hasn't noticed the difference himself since they're 
>> installed in close proximity for instant comparison. Or maybe he has.      
>> Now back to regularly scheduled programming.  Cheers,Steve     K7LXC
>>
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