David Engle, KE6ZE, writes:
>Incidently the KT-34A does not have much front to back. It is optimized
>for forward gain. I have switched antennas and wish I still had that
>leaky F-B ratio.
I've found the same to be true of the Mosley TA-34. Its best-
case F/B ratio is about 15 dB (on 10 and 15 meters). That's
the main reason why it's now at 35 feet, fixed on the Caribbean
during DX contests (and toward the west during SS). :-) It beats
rotating the stacks to the south!
By the way, next time you talk to K1AR, ask him whether he liked
the "Pasta from Hell" at Shorty's Mexican restaurant during the
New England Division Convention on Saturday night. We had sort
of a mini-Dayton contester get-together ('AR, K1DG, K5ZD, KM1H,
KQ2M, NJ2L, K5FUV, WZ1R, N2NT, and a few others), at which John
ordered the hottest thing on the menu. Even the waitress warned
him against it. She said, "You don't want *that*--NOBODY orders
that!"
--73, Rus
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