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Subject: Dayton
From: ka9fox@aol.com (ka9fox@aol.com)
Date: Tue Apr 12 19:43:42 1994
  > WX9E has informed me of some sort of 
  > alcoholic affair on thursday night in Dayton 
  > sponsored by you, our friends up north.  Is 
  > there truth to this rumor and where and when 
  > may we stop by to visit this happening?  
  > Mark, AG9A                                    

Yep, Chad WE9V, Mike N0BSH and me are hosting a covert-operation mini party
suite in our room.  We'll have Beavis & Butthead reruns on the VCR, PED and
N6TR contests with really useless prizes, cheap cold beverages (by donations
- naturally), and of course good converation (BELLLCCHH!)

It'll be in Stouffer's somewhere... look for the ugly posters.  By the way,
we could still use one more person to share the room with - if anyone out
there will put up with our antics.

73 Scott KA9FOX
(back down to zero babes... any contests this weekend?)

KA9FOX@AOL.COM

>From Randy A Thompson <K5ZD@world.std.com>  Wed Apr 13 01:16:13 1994
From: Randy A Thompson <K5ZD@world.std.com> (Randy A Thompson)
Subject: SO -vs- SOA
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9404122034.A21241-0100000@world.std.com>

But if Packet is REALLY such a BIG advantage, why are the SOA guys not 
beating the single ops?  So far, the top SO has nearly always beat the 
top SOA.  If the difference was more than just 10 or 15%, then this could 
not possibly happen.

We can't say the SOA are not good ops or have good stations.  They do!

The real difference is that the top SO really concentrate on doing the 
right thing to increase their score ALL the time.  The SOA guys are 
really DX chasing...  I saw it when I checked SOA logs for CQWW.  All the 
top SOAs were going for the ego trip of max multiplier rather than max score.

Maybe we should divide into two categories:
- Single op trying for best score
- Single op trying for most multipliers

Makes about as much sense.  And it would create two competition 
categories that actually have significant (worthwhile) differences.

Randy, K5ZD


On Tue, 12 Apr 1994, KEVIN - WA8ZDT wrote:

> KR0Y is rite .... a serious SOA effort should surpass a single-op.
> 
>          HOW FAR???
> 
> That depends on condx.  If bands are "super hot" run style, packett won't
> be much help.  Your too busy running, and the mults will likely come to you
> anyway.
> 
> If condx are marginal - ala ARRL DX '94 - the packett advantage is more
> significant.  EU and JA runs are down, sometimes to just a few hours per
> day.  The rest of the time its search and pounce.  Packett spots are a BIG
> help on phone, where there is greater DX activity from all continents and
> therefore more countries on the air.
> 
> 

>From Dieter Dippel" <UNRZ45@daphne.rrze.uni-erlangen.de  Wed Apr 13 11:34:31 
>1994
From: Dieter Dippel" <UNRZ45@daphne.rrze.uni-erlangen.de (Dieter Dippel)
Subject: CQWW-WPX SSB qsl-infos (9kByte)
Message-ID: <72256347F0@daphne.rrze.uni-erlangen.de>

DXNEWS @WW       de:OM3EI  12.04.94 22:07  30   9974 Bytes
Contest news Nr5 - WPX QSL info

From: OM3EI @ OE3XBS.AUT.EU
To  : DXNEWS @ WW

Hallo contesters!

This is a special contest bulletin containing information before and after
main world's contests.

Many thanks:  Hilario EA2AM, Flavio IK2IQD, Steve OM3JW

                         ---------------------------
                         CQWW WPX Phone Contest 1994
                         ---------------------------
                                  QSL info

3G1I     - CE1YI             GX6YB    - G3SWH             RU3A     - RZ3AZO
3G3R     - CE3FIP            HB4FG    - HB9ALM            RU3R     - RA3RQT
3G4B     - CE4ETZ            HC8A     - WV7Y              RU6L     - RK6LWZ
3Z0ZDA   - SP6ZDA            HC8KU    - DK5VP             RV9C     - UA9CAW
4F1IR    - DU3DO             HG275BCS - HA8PO             RX1AA    - UV1AA
4K4POL   - UA0KCL            HG73DX   - HA6KNB            RX4ASK   - UZ4AWE
4K500W   - DL6KVA            HH2PK    - KA9RLJ            S21ZG    - W4FRU
4K8DYL   - RD8DYL            HS0ZAU   - WB6MZL            S50A     - YT3AA
4K8F     - UA9AB             HZ1AB    - K8PYD             S50C     - S53CAB
4K9C     - UD6DC             IB0C     - IK0AZG            S50E     - S59AB
4M1DX    - YV1EQW            IB4M     - I4ABF             S50K     - S57EK
4M5I     - I2CBM             II1A     - I1RBJ             S56A     - S57MM
4M7I     - I2CBM             II1D     - IK1OUK            S57W     - S53AA
4N1A     - YU1FJK            II1L     - IK1LBL            SK0HB    - SM0THN
4N1Z     - YU1AVQ            II4M     - I4MES             SN1I     - SP1PEA
4N70AT   - YU1SZ             II6I     - IK6GZM            SN7L     - SP7PGK
4N70AV   - YU7AV             II7I     - IK7RWD            T91A     - DJ0QJ
4N70BB   - YT1BB             II7M     - IK2SGC            T91ENS   - DJ0JV
4U1UN    - W8CZN             II9E     - IT9JOF            T92A     - S52MX
4U9ITU   - DK7UY             IL3Z     - IK3SSJ            T92X     - KA9WON
4X50R    - 4X4BE             IO2A     - IK2RZP            T93M     - DL8OBC
5B0A     - 9A2AJ             IO4IB    - IK4QIB            T94CR    - SM5AQD
5H3JB    - NK2T              IO4LEC   - I4LEC             T94ON    - DL8OBC
5N0MVE   - ON7LX             IO5A     - I5OYY             T95X     - 9A2AA
5N3ALE   - DJ2VZ             IQ1A     - I1JQJ             T97M     - DL8OBC
5N6ZHM   - WA5TUD            IQ2A     - I2UIY             T97T     - SM5AQD
5U7Y     - JC3UPM            IQ2H     - IK2ILH            T99A     - I4QGU
5W0XA    - ZL1AFA            IQ4A     - IK4QJH            T99Z     - 9A2NR
5X1C     - WB1DQC            IQ8X     - IK8UGM            TA2DS    - WA3HUP
5Z4FO    - KB4EKY            IR1A     - IK1GPG            TA2ZI    - WB6FQX
6D2X     - K5TSQ             IR1T     - IK1NAO            TL8NG    - WA1ECA
6W7OG    - F2YT              IR2W     - I2EOW             TM0K     - F5MXH
7S7CA    - SK7CA             IR3DX    - IK3STG            TM1C     - F6CTT
7Z1AB    - WB2QMP            IR3O     - IK3ORD            TM2O     - F5MUX
8P6AM    - KU9C              IR4G     - I4GHW             TM2P     - F6CYV
9A1A     - 9A2RA             IR4T     - IK4IEE            TM2T     - F6KDF
9A5Y     - 9A1CCY            IR6L     - I6FLD             TM2Y     - F6BEE
9A7A     - YU2HDE            IR8A     - I8ACB             TM3M     - F6KLS
9I2A     - DL7VRO            IU0A     - IK0HWI            TM3UN    - F5PYI
9I2M     - DL7VRO            IU1R     - I1ZQD             TM4U     - F6DZU
9I2Z     - DL7VRO            IU2X     - IK2GSN            TM7C     - F6CTT
9J2BO    - W6ORD             IU4U     - I4AUM             TT8OBO   - WA4OBO
9K2MU    - WB6EQX            IU6F     - IK6BOB            TU4EI    - W3HCW
9K2ZC    - KC4ELO            IU9A     - IT9BCC            TZ6FIC   - F6KEQ
9Q5TR    - IK0PHY            IU9S     - IT9BLB            UA2FEK   - I0WDX
9X5DX    - F2VX              J31K     - W8KKF             UE40G    - RK3GXB
A45ZN    - G4KLF             J87BZ    - DL7FT             UE9WAA   - RW9WA
A61AD    - WB2DND            JA1WCR/6 - JR6YPY            UE9WAJ   - RW9WJ
A71CW    - SP5EXA            JY9ZK    - KA5ZMK            UI0A     - G3LZK
A92EJ    - K0LST             KC6KT    - JR6IQI            UK8AQ    - F6FNU
AH0T     - JA6BSM            KP2A     - W3HNK             UM2A     - G3LZK
AM4URE   - EA4URE            L20A     - LU4AA             UN0AA    - DL6ZFG
AM9URE   - EA9LZ             L3D      - LU6DTS            UN6P     - RL8PY
BV4MU    - KA6SPQ            L4D      - LU1EYW            UN7BY    - F6FNU
C21MI    - JR2KDN            L6ETB    - LU6ETB            US0GR    - UA9AB
C21YI    - JR2KDN            LP4H     - LU4HH             US7W     - UY5XE
C49C     - 5B4NC             LR0A     - LU1ARL            UT6E     - UB5ECE
C4YY     - 5B4YY             LR1I     - I0WDX             UT6Q     - RB5QF
C91J     - W8GIO             LS6E     - LU6EJP            UT7W     - UT7WZA
CG1B     - VE1AL             LT1N     - LU2NI             UU9JX    - UT5JAJ
CK7K     - VE7ETK            LT1V     - LU1VV             UX2HO    - I2PJA
CQ1A     - WA1ECA            LT2A     - LU2ATR            V31LM    - W0IIM
CQ5M     - CT1EOX            LT5F     - LU1FC             V63SD    - K7ZSD
CQ6E     - CT1EAT            LU4D     - LU4DXU            V73C     - OKDXA
CQ6P     - WA3HUP            LX4A     - LX1NO             V85CQ    - JH1QQN
CQ8C     - CT1EGW            LX4B     - OH2PQ             V85PB    - G3ZSS
CQ9M     - G3PFS             LY6K     - LY3BS             VD2DQ    - VE2DQ
CR5A     - CT1AHU            LY7A     - LY2ZO             VD2QK    - VE2QK
CR6EDX   - CT1EDX            LZ5G     - LZ1KCP            VD2ZP    - VE2ZP
CR7A     - CT1ELP            LZ5W     - LZ1YE             VE9ST    - VE1ANJ
CR8BWW   - CT1BWW            LZ6C     - LZ2KLR            VP2EC    - N5AU
CS1D     - CT1AHU            LZ6R     - LZ2KRU            VP2EEE   - KK3K
CS7WT    - CT1EHT            NP4Z     - WC4E              VP2MH    - KC4DWI
CT5P     - CT1AHU            OC4EI    - OA4ANR            VP5P     - WB3DNA
CT7E     - CT1EEN            OD5PL    - HB9CRV            VP8GAV   - GM0LVI
CT8T     - CT1DVV            OH1EH/OH0- OH1EH             VQ9BB    - KO4A
CZ7Z     - VE7ZZZ            OI1AY    - OH1AJ             VQ9LV    - KY3V
D2EV     - DL3KBQ            OI3AI/1  - OH3GZ             VR2IH    - G4RGK
D2EGH    - CT1EGH            OI5AY    - OH5LLR            VS6WO    - K9EC
D3C      - F6FNU             OI6AY    - OH6RV             VS6WV    - K0TLM
D44AB    - CB                OL3A     - OK1AYP            X5BYZ    - YU7KMN
D73DX    - HL1IE             OL5A     - OK1FYA            X5ZP     - YU1FW
DA0RG    - DL8OBC            OL5PLZ   - OK1DRQ            XE1L     - WA3HUP
EC9BH    - EA9IB             OM0W     - OM3CGN            XE2MX    - K6VNX
ED1WWE   - EA1EPB            OM2I     - OM3CTA            XJ6ITT   - VE6ITT
ED2BFM   - EA2BFM            OM5A     - OM3LA             XU7VK    - HA0HW
ED3RKG   - EA3BOX            OM5M     - OM3KFF            XX9TZ    - KU9C
ED3TT    - EA3TT             OM5R     - OM3TGT            YI2HH    - JY5DK
ED4RCT   - EA4RCT            OM7V     - OM3YCL            YI9CW    - SP5AUC
ED5WPX   - EA5YJ             OM8A     - OM3RM             YM94KK   - TA2KK
ED8BWW   - EA8BWW            OT4A     - ON7LR             YP6F     - YO6KAF
EF3CIL   - EC3CIL            OT4L     - ON6NL             YS1RDD   - W3HNK
EF3CR    - EC3ACR            OT4V     - ON4AWK            YS1X     - DJ9ZB
EK4JJ    - GW3CDP            OX3GX    - WA3KSN            YT0T     - YU1FJK
EK6LF    - N7RO              P39P     - 5B4ES             YT70X    - YU7KMN
EL2PP    - N2CYL             P40V     - AI6V              YT7P     - YU7AOP
EM0F     - RB5FF             P43A     - P43ARC            YT9C     - YU1PJ
EM2I     - NA3O              PA6WPX   - PA3CAL            YU70F    - YU1EA
EN6Q     - RB5QF             PI4CC    - PB0AIU            YU70HA   - YU1HA
EO5U     - PA3BUD            PI4COM   - PA3CAL            YZ7A     - YU7JDE
ER3ED    - UO5OE             PJ8AB    - K1NA              Z30B     - YU5CEF
ES1J     - ES1WW             PJ8NA    - K1NA              Z30M     - YU5GBC
ET3JR    - F5OYK             PQ0MM    - PP5JR             Z31VP    - DJ0LZ
EU6MM    - YL1XZ             PQ0Z     - PY1NEZ            ZA1AJ    - OK2PSZ
EU7SA    - RC2SA             PV2A     - PT2BW             ZD8Z     - VE3HO
EV0A     - F6AML             PW0W     - PP5JR             ZF1CQ    - W8BLA
EW4WL    - UC1IWL            PZ1DY    - PP2RR             ZK1NC    - VK4CRR
EX8DX    - F5OJO             R1FJV    - RW3GW             ZP0Y     - ZP5JCY
EX8MF    - UM8MFO            RA3A     - RA3AWO            ZP94B    - ZP5XHM
EZ8AX    - RH8AX             RK6A     - UA6BGB            ZW4Y     - PY4OY
FG5FG    - F6FNU             RN1NC    - UA1NAP            ZX0F     - PY5EG
FK8GM    - WB2RAJ            RS3A     - RK3AXX            ZY2APQ   - PY2APQ
FM5DN    - N3ADL             RT1U     - UT4UXW            ZY3F     - PY3AA
GC3CSA   - G0IEQ             RU0L     - UW0LI
GX6CW    - G6CW              RU1A     - KC1WY

4D3HSP   - P.O.Box 52505, Malolos, 3000 Bulacan, Philippines


73 de Roman OM3EI @ OE3XBS.AUT.EU


>From Bruce B. Sawyer" <zf8bs@twg.com  Wed Apr 13 17:54:04 1994
From: Bruce B. Sawyer" <zf8bs@twg.com (Bruce B. Sawyer)
Subject: NCCC Hospitality Suite at Visalia
Message-ID: <9404131653.AA01729@eco.twg.com>

As my last official act as the outgoing treasurer of the Northern California
Contest Club, I am putting on the Hospitality Suite for the NCCC.  This will
be held in one of the hotel rooms (mine!) at the Holiday Inn in Visalia.  I
don't know exactly which room yet and won't know until I check into the
hotel (maybe next door to K7JA's room?).  The location is usually one of the
worst kept secrets at the convention.  Keep your ears open for the room #,
then come on up after Saturday night's banquet and share YOUR war stories
with us.  The bathtub will be amply supplied with cold beer to keep it all
going.  This is THE hospitality suite at the convention, and we usually take
over the whole floor until at least 2 a.m.  Just pray you're not my neighbor
in the hotel!!

                                               Bruce/AA6KX       

>From Steven.M.London@att.com (Steven M London +1 303 538 4763)  Wed Apr 13 
>19:05:00 1994
From: Steven.M.London@att.com (Steven M London +1 303 538 4763) (Steven M 
London +1 303 538 4763)
Subject: KH6IJ Obituary
Message-ID: <9404131803.AA07164@bighorn.dr.att.com>

I know we're not suppose to repost articles from rec.radio.amateur.misc, but
not everyone has access to usenet news ...  Steve, N2IC

-------------------------------------------------------------------

It is with deep regret that I inform the amateur community on here
that the well-loved Katashi Nose, KH6IJ, passed away.

The following newspaper article appeared in the Honolulu-Star Bulletin.
Please forgive the length of this article.

In his 60 years on the air he was truly an ambassador to the world for
amateur radio.

Jeff NH6IL
************************************************************************

KATASHI NOSE, KH6IL, DIES AT AGE 78

The former UH professor wrote a radio comumn for many years.

By Harold Morse, Star-Bulletin.

   Katashi Nose,  Star-Bulletin radio columnist for 50 years and a 
   retired university of Hawaii physics professor, died Thursday
   in St. Francis Hospital. He was 78.

   A longtime ham radio operator born in Honolulu, who won a number
   of awards, Nose learned the Morse Code overnight in 1931 and
   qualified as an operator in 1932. He made his own radio set from
   odds and ends that same year.

   His radio activity got him locked up for having radio equipment
   at his home for a class he was teaching at Kauai High School at
   the time of the Pearl Harbor attack. He was released 10 days later
   after notable people, including Joseph Farrington, territorial
   delegate to Congress and Star-Bulletin publisher, vouched for him.
   Both his parents worked for the Farrington family.

   Daughter Elizabeth Nose recalled that although her father was
   always busy, he still had time for family.

   ``Whenever possible, he'd always take his family with him on
   his travels,'' she said.

   Daughter Frances McKenney said: ``My most vivid memory of him is how
   he hand-carried me thrugh my math and science courses when I was 
   in high school.''

   Her father was a celebrity in the ham radio world, she said. ``When
   we would go to Japan, for example, there would be a whole group
   of hams meeting him, and I remember they met him at the airport
   with a miniature antennae. This was in Japan.''

   Nose's ham activity helped in rescues at sea and enabled him to
   communicate with other operators in 365 countries, using his call
   letters, KH6IJ.

   He said his greatest thrill was to hear his voice bounce back the
   the word ``one'' in one-third second from a satellite 53,000
   miles up. He was using bargain-basement equipment he put together
   at the University of Hawaii while teaching there.

   A UH graduate, he earned a master's degree at Harvard on scholar-
   ships and did graduate work at Stanford, also on a scholarchip.

   He taught radio, science and chemistry and a class of gifted
   students at Kauai High School, and made extra money doing radio 
   repairs before moving to the University of Hawaii in 1962. He
   later designed, built and installed PeaceSat ground terminals in 
   Saipan, Fiji and American Samoa.

   Nose suffered a stroke in March 1979 and retired from the univer-
   sity, although he continued to produce his column. He was very
   determined and made a real comeback from his stroke, his family
   said.

   He wrote his final Star-Bulletin column early last year. His first
   had appeared in 1936.

   By the 1970's, the column, ``With Hawaii's Radio Amateurs,'' had
   become the newspaper's longest-running continuously published column
   (with a break during WW II years). Nose also wrote numerous articles
   for amateur radio magazines with international circulation. Honpa
   Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin [a Buddhist association. J.H.] named him
   a ``Living Treasure'' in 1985.

   Nose is survived by wife Matsuyo; son Joseph; and his two daughters.

   There will be a memorial service at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Hosoi 
   Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No Flowers.



>From gswanson@arrl.org (Glenn Swanson)  Wed Apr 13 21:45:36 1994
From: gswanson@arrl.org (Glenn Swanson) (Glenn Swanson)
Subject: Info wanted - IC736
Message-ID: <117@gs>

Hi, Awhile ago someone posted some detailed info on the new Icom IC-736.
    If available, could that party e-mail this data to me? Thanks in
    advance!  (I sent my copy to the bit-bucket all too soon it seems).
                             73, Glenn KB1GW gswanson@arrl.org



>From Carmel Bailey <cbailey@calvin.stemnet.nf.ca>  Wed Apr 13 22:06:42 1994
From: Carmel Bailey <cbailey@calvin.stemnet.nf.ca> (Carmel Bailey)
Subject: UNSUBSCRIBE
Message-ID: <Pine.3.05.9404131842.A18069-4100000@calvin.stemnet.nf.ca>

unsubscribe



>From Bruce B. Sawyer" <zf8bs@twg.com  Wed Apr 13 22:21:11 1994
From: Bruce B. Sawyer" <zf8bs@twg.com (Bruce B. Sawyer)
Subject: Resolution of Yaesu CAT Problems
Message-ID: <9404132120.AA16175@eco.twg.com>

Following suggestions I received off the reflector, I took the MAX232-based
interface I built from the Feb '93 QST plans and--
  - Added a 2.2K resistor between TxD and ground.  It still didn't
    work.
  - Added a 2.2K resistor between RxD and ground.  It still didn't
    work.  Not only that, but thereafter it would not speak to an Icom
    rig either.
  - Removed the .01 bypass caps on both TxD and RxD.  No effect.

Today I packed up my rig and laptop and went to see the very friendly folks
at HRO, where they let me try the Yaesu interface as an experiment.  The "
radio" interface in CT then worked flawlessly.  This is running CT v.8.52. 
Everything behaves perfectly with Yaesu's own interface.  So, for $99.99
plus some outrageous CA sales tax, my problem is solved.  Not explained, but
at least solved.  I'll dig for explanations later, when I have the time.

But for now, I hereby publicly take back all negative aspersions about K7JA'
s maternal lineage and will state for the record that with CT8.52 this FT990
works perfectly well with the Yaesu CAT interface.

                                        --Bruce, AA6KX

>From modular!eric@cs.arizona.edu (Eric Gustafson)  Thu Apr 14 01:23:29 1994
From: modular!eric@cs.arizona.edu (Eric Gustafson) (Eric Gustafson)
Subject: Who Needs Front-to-Back?
Message-ID: <9404140023.AA12068@modular>

Roy,

This isn't exactly an opposing viewpoint.  However I will try to explain
why I optimize for front to back as opposed to max forward gain.

First, I should clarify the term "front to back ratio" (FBR) a bit.  For my
purposes, I use the ratio of response in the nose of the main lobe to the
response in the nose of the largest sidelobe behind the first pattern
null.  Many antenna analysis programs simply use the response 180 degrees
behind the main lobe for this number.  While this permits very large
reported FBRs, it is not a particularly useful measure of what I want the
antenna to do.

Using my definition of FBR, physically realizable HF antennas of reasonable
numbers of elements cannot be expected to do much better than 23 - 25 dB
FBR.  But if optimized to this level, they are typically superior receiving
antennas to those (of the same number of elements and boom length) which
have been optimized for the extra dB of forward gain.

Most of the discussion about FBR on here has been oriented to rejecting
localized noise sources (QRM) but not to reducing the antenna's response to
distributed random noise (QRN from galaxy and atmosphere).  A surprising
amount of noise is induced in the antenna from side and back lobe response
to the distributed sources.  Optimizing for FBR seeks to minimize the
volume of the sphere around the antenna from which the distributed sources
can induce noise into the system.

I know this isn't particularly relevant to a contester since his localized
sources are almost always above the background noise level anyhow.  But
most of the time (99.99%) I'm not contesting.  When I'm not contesting, I
almost never have any trouble getting a station I can hear to hear me (even
with low power).  But I frequently wish to work DX stations I can barely
hear in there with the background noise.  So I optimize Yagis and arrays
for FBR rather than for the extra dB of gain.

73,  Eric

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Eric Gustafson  N7CL                  | The mountains are high and the Emperor
6730 S. Old Spanish Trail             | is far away.
Tucson, AZ 85747                      |
INTERNET: modular!eric@cs.arizona.edu | You can't work 'em
     CI$: 71750,2133                  | if you can't hear 'em.
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>From tim.ellam@logical.cuc.ab.ca (Tim Ellam)  Wed Apr 13 13:15:00 1994
From: tim.ellam@logical.cuc.ab.ca (Tim Ellam) (Tim Ellam)
Subject: 1994 RAC Convention
Message-ID: <11076.1000.uupcb@logical.cuc.ab.ca>


Let me put in a plug for the 1994 Radio Amateurs of/du Canada National
Convention in Calgary-July 29-31
There are a few contest orientated seminars-huge(for Canada) fleamarket
and dealer displays
It should be a bargain for anyone south of the border with the present
exchange rate(almost 40%) and no sales tax!
More info from:
RAC Convention 94
2023-41 Avenue SW
Calgary AB T2T 2M2

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>From drs@ccd.harris.com (Doug Snowden)  Thu Apr 14 13:59:08 1994
From: drs@ccd.harris.com (Doug Snowden) (Doug Snowden)
Subject: Front to back ratio
Message-ID: <9404141259.AA319349@rs2>

First of all, I don't pretend to know antennas from much more than a practical
point of view. It seems to me that if you just get a reasonable front to back 
ratio on an antenna and then put it at a height for the DX area you want to
concentrate on, that is about the best you can do. Seems like height above
ground would have as much to do with rejection of USA qrm. My present tower is
only 45 feet high and it doesnt do squat for US rejection. Seems like this 
(if true) would be a point in favor of more than one antenna for a band of 
interest, at different heights. 






                      ---------------------------
                     |       Doug Snowden        |
                     |           N4IJ            | 
                     | email: drs@ccd.harris.com |
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