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Re: [TowerTalk] Hygain TH-6DX

To: <richard@karlquist.com>, "'Tower and HF antenna construction topics.'" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Hygain TH-6DX
From: "Gary Schafer" <garyschafer@comcast.net>
Reply-to: garyschafer@comcast.net, "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 21:02:08 -0400
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Rick,

Why would the pattern be any worse off resonance on the TH6 than on the TH7?

Thanks
Gary  K4FMX

> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
> bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Rick Karlquist
> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 8:38 PM
> To: Tower and HF antenna construction topics.
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Hygain TH-6DX
> 
> You can see the bad news:  choose from CW, low phone, or high phone.
> Hope you don't need more than one of those segments :-(
> Also, you can't "cheat" the SWR curves by using a tuner.
> The pattern will significantly degrade at the frequencies
> where the SWR is high.  This is why, IMHO, given a choice
> between a TH6 and TH7, picking the TH7 is a no brainer.
> I used to have a TH6.  I would never go back to that.
> 
> Rick N6RK
> 
> 
> aschnabolk wrote:
> > Look at Page 2 of 7 in the "TH6DXX" (last one listed) Curves are
> there. As
> > I
> > remember mine when it was up, curves were similar.
> > 73
> > Al W2OIB
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "JACK" <K4WSB@ARRL.NET>
> > To: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics."
> <towertalk@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 6:59 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Hygain TH-6DX
> >
> >
> >> The manual with swr curves is on the Hy Gain site under other manuals
> >>
> >>
> >> At 06:49 PM 4/1/2010, you wrote:
> >>>I have opted to go the TH-6DX route due to time constraints on
> getting
> >>>help
> >>>and also due to the fact that I cannot afford what it would take to
> get
> >>>all
> >>>the other parts to make it a whole antenna at this time.
> >>>
> >>>I will have to budget for that for next year possibly or later the
> way
> >>> my
> >>>economy is looking here.
> >>>
> >>>Does anyone have what would be considered a normal looking swr curve
> for
> >>>the
> >>>TH-6DX? The TH-7DX manual has one but the manual for the TH-6DX does
> >>> not.
> >>>I
> >>>have looked on Google and the only thing it comes up with is
> something
> >>>called a 'torrent download' whatever that is.
> >>>
> >>>Anyway can't find one does anyone happen to have one or have a copy
> of
> >>> the
> >>>May 1970 Ham Radio Magazine. Someone told me there is a curve it in
> on
> >>> the
> >>>TH-6DX.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Thanks
> >>>Bob AD5VJ
> >>
> >>
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