From: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <geraldj@storm.weather.net>
Reply-To: geraldj@storm.weather.net,Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
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To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Bazooka antenna.. More than you wanted to know!
Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:32:13 -0600
On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 13:17 -0500, GARY HUBER wrote:
> "...the stubs of the bazooka are rejecting that out of band noise."
>
> Isn't that one of the "features" of the Double Bazooka? Isn't it
supposed to
> provide out of (design) band noise rejection and as a result be quieter
both
> on receive AND transmit?
Except that any good receiver should already reject all the out of band
noise.
>
> At least that's what I believe I've observed over the years when using
> Double Bazookas (1 on 40M and 1 on 80M) during Field Day at a multi
> transmitter site.
There could be some benefit there, though I've had great success with
lumped element filters that survived the event better than the Bazooka
did.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Gary - AB9M
> CSM(r) G.L.Huber
> 9679 Heron Bay Road
> Bloomington, Illinois 61704
> (309)662-0604
> www.csm-gh.com
> csm-gh@www.csm-gh.com
> gary.huber@us.army.mil
> ab9m@arrl.net
> www.csm-gh.com/mytrike.htm
> www.csm-gh.com/75thRepoDepo.htm
>
73, Jerry, K0CQ
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