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Re: [TowerTalk] mismatch at feed, ok at transmiter

To: "'Bill'" <w7vp@comcast.net>,"'TowerTalk'" <towertalk@contesting.com>,"'Jim Lux'" <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] mismatch at feed, ok at transmiter
From: "Gary Schafer" <garyschafer@comcast.net>
Reply-to: garyschafer@comcast.net
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 12:00:32 -0400
List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> From: "Bill" <w7vp@comcast.net>
>  I
> have had a big 20 meter yagi for more than 30 years.  It came as a Bill
> Orr
> type design with 4 elements equally spaced on a 36 foot boom and a T-
> match.
> 
> I just put the antenna backup last week after having it down for almost
> three years and I am always astounded how good it is.  It is at least 3
> s-units better than my Swan tribander on a separate tower at the same
> height.

3 S units better would seem an unrealistic number even compared to a poor
dipole. How many db difference have you measured?

73
Gary  K4FMX


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