In a message dated 2/6/01 9:21:37 PM Pacific Standard Time, edbruns@juno.com
writes:
> I would think the easiest way to settle the 'tri-bander vs whatever'
> debate would be to have both installed at the same time..same lengths
> of new, like feedline, same height above the ground, etc. Then, over
> a period of six or seven months, make hundreds if not thousands of
> QSOs with both antennas on 10/15/20...while switching from 'A to B'
> ...and compare the results. Even then, one could not be absolutely sure
> which is the better antenna....unless one antenna was far superior.
Well, actually we did that. All except the six or seven months part. N0AX
and I tested on-the-air over a dozen different tribanders and compared their
gains to a dipole along with a bunch of other measurements. Interesting
results.
The report is over 60 pages of protocol, data sets and summaries and is
available from <A HREF="www.championradio.com">www.championradio.com</A>
Cheers, Steve K7LXC
Champion Radio Products
Tower Tech
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