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Re: [TowerTalk] Cover antennas - the good news and the bad news

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Cover antennas - the good news and the bad news
From: Richard Bell <richfbell@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2020 17:26:11 -0500
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I’m not trying to be the proverbial turd in the sandbox but I’m wondering about 
a thing or two. 

I took a quick look at the publications on the championradio.com page and have 
a question.  It seems the books were published a few years ago. 

While the design theory has not changed, materials and workmanship may have. My 
recent experience with Mosley left me a little concerned about the performance 
of the end product, in my case a new RV-7C vertical. 

Am I mistaken or did I miss a revision date?

Since I may be acting like a turd, I will now go lay in the yard. 

73 W5BXE RB 

> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2020 21:30:33 +0000 (UTC)
> From: <k7lxc@aol.com>
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Cover antennas - the good news and the bad news
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> Howdy, TowerTalkians -
> 
> ? ? Tnx for your identification of the aforementioned QST cover antennas. I 
> was on the right track anyway - hi.?? ? The good news? The F12 C31XR is a 
> terrific antenna. The bad news? The Mosley PRO series antennas are LOSERS. If 
> you don't believe me, get a copy of our exclusive on-the-air yagi antenna 
> test (available from championradio.com) and see for yourself. One of the PRO 
> antennas we tested had negative gain on one band. Hard to believe the 
> antenna's owner hasn't noticed the difference himself since they're installed 
> in close proximity for instant comparison. Or maybe he has.??? ? Now back to 
> regularly scheduled programming.??Cheers,Steve? ? ?K7LXC
> 
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> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2020 22:03:19 +0000
> From: AB2E Darrell <ab2e@hotmail.com>
> To: "towertalk@contesting.com" <towertalk@contesting.com>,
>    "k7lxc@aol.com"    <k7lxc@aol.com>
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> Steve,
> Thanks for sharing the info on the test results book. I hadn't seen that and 
> I will pick one up since I have a C31XR (will likely buy a 2nd when my tower 
> project moves forward). Along the way I acquired a NOS Pro-67 real cheap and 
> I was thinking of putting it up on a separate tower and leaving pointed 
> towards SA/Carib. I might still do that since I already have it, but will 
> read those results before I decide.
> 
> 73 Darrell AB2E
> 
> 
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> From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces@contesting.com> on behalf of k7lxc--- via 
> TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2020 5:30 PM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Cover antennas - the good news and the bad news
> 
> Howdy, TowerTalkians -
> 
>    Tnx for your identification of the aforementioned QST cover antennas. I 
> was on the right track anyway - hi.     The good news? The F12 C31XR is a 
> terrific antenna. The bad news? The Mosley PRO series antennas are LOSERS. If 
> you don't believe me, get a copy of our exclusive on-the-air yagi antenna 
> test (available from championradio.com) and see for yourself. One of the PRO 
> antennas we tested had negative gain on one band. Hard to believe the 
> antenna's owner hasn't noticed the difference himself since they're installed 
> in close proximity for instant comparison. Or maybe he has.      Now back to 
> regularly scheduled programming.  Cheers,Steve     K7LXC
> 

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