Dennis Schaefer wrote:
> The beam was 2 to 4 S-units better than the dipole in all cases.
>Those are S-units on a Kenwood 440S. I know, that is a meaningless
>measurement, but it probably means a little
>to someone who is accustomed to using a 440S. (Many signals were
>comfortable on the beam and unreadable on the dipole).
>
>My gut feeling? The A3 probably has about 4-5 db gain over the
>dipole on 20 meters.
How do you go from the 'fact' of 2 to 4 s-units difference and
unreadable-to-comfortable signals, to a 'gut-feeling' or 4 to 5 db
gain?? I don't get it. What was the use of your evaluation?
73 de Rick, N6C
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