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[TowerTalk] XM-240 Dimension Error

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Subject: [TowerTalk] XM-240 Dimension Error
From: earlham@radiks.net (Iowaguy)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 22:25:15 -0500
My XM240 is at 130' and 10' above the top TH7 (@ 120'-part of 3 high stack).
My f/b on the XM-240 is about 20 db or maybe a little more. . . not bad for
a 2 element antenna.

73. . . Dave
W0FLS
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Baldock <paul.baldock@checksum.com>
To: Gary R. Hosler <grhosler@imation.com>; towertalk@contesting.com
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To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Thursday, September 16, 1999 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] XM-240 Dimension Error


>
>
>I put mine up according to the manual - what else would you exepect! I
>bought it about 4 months ago, with no mention of a manual error.
>
>It has minumum SWR abou 7.075  instead of the spec of 7.025. It's easier to
>live with that rather than take it down.
>
>However, the f/b on my XM240 is almost non existent. I assumed this was
>because I have it 11 ft above the TH-11. Could this poor f/b infact be the
>dimension error?
>
>Paul
>
>
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>
>Paul Baldock
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