Tells me a LOT about that particular TH6, or it's feedline, or...
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73,
Guy Olinger, K2AV
Apex, NC, USA
----- Original Message -----
From: Mel Martin <mel@interlink.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 8:11 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Yuri's antennas
> I visited Yuri once when I was visiting Toronto... He demonstrated the
15
> Razor he had up at the time. He also had a TH6 up at a comparable
height...
> I think it was actually a little higher. Conditions wern't
particularly good
> that day... tuning the band with the TH6 (a very good antenna... I use
a
> similar TH7) the band was virtually dead pointing at Europe... a few
very
> scattered signals from Europeans using big antennas I suppose... Over
most
> of the band the S meter was motionless. When we switched to the Razor,
the
> band literally came alive.... the band was crowded with signals, most
S1-S3,
> but solid copy... most of whom were inaudable on the tri-bander. The
> signals that were audable on the Thribander were now strong signals.
It was
> as if the dead band had suddenly opened up. Not very "scientific" I
> suppose... but I was certainly impressed!!!
>
> > Yuri's antennas DID work and work VERY WELL.
>
>
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