I'm not sure if you asked me or the group.
I have no clue, and I guess there are several types.
One thing I know for sure: NOBODY coats their feedline with a wetting agent
before it rains.
Another thing I know for sure: how much difference 6dB makes in a contest.
It's like running barefoot or with a linear.
Running a linear means I work 90% of all the stations I call with just 1 or
2 calls.
Running barefoot means I get about 30% with just one call.
So in a contest, 6dB means a lot more than 6dB measured in a lab.
I guess it is due to the competition.
On an un-crowded band, it would mean 1 S-Unit but in a contest it means a
lot.
My point: I have run openwire (window line) countless times in contests
where it rained and if I had been losing 6dB all the time, I would have
noticed it in my score. I did not. I only noticed that I had to retune the
matchbox.
I always use manually tuned matchboxes. If you have an auto-tuner, then it
really doesn't matter much.
73
Rick, DJ0IP
-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Carter
Is the "wetting agent" conductive -- or at least more conductive than rain
water?
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