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[TowerTalk] How Important is F/B?

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Subject: [TowerTalk] How Important is F/B?
From: k6ll@juno.com (David O Hachadorian)
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 13:31:18 EDT
On Thu, 26 Jun 1997 01:36:34 -0400 "\"Dick
Green\"."<dick.green@valley.net> writes:

>So, would it be fair to say that the KT-34XA is a better antenna for
>contesting and DXing than the TH7DX, and that the latter is better for
>ragchewing and similar situations in which you want to exclude 
>stations
>behind your beam (i.e., reduce interference when ragchewing?)

I think that is a fair statement. It's nice to attract
Carribbean and South American stations while running
JA's.

Even if you live in New England, and are running Europe,
the poor f/b will keep the W4's away from your run
frequency.

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
k6ll@juno.com

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