some time a low fb is useful but to me its not wat i want from
oregon when beaming eu with calif stn's blowing in off the
back.......other than 20m it mite not matter so much fer me.
w7gg
----------
> From: Gerald J Kersus <gjk@hogpa.ho.att.com>
> To: Bill Fisher - W4AN <w4an@contesting.com>
> Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] How Important is F/B?
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Date: Thursday, June 26, 1997 6:36 AM
>
>
> On Thu, 26 Jun 1997, Bill Fisher wrote:
>
> >Now, in regards to the TH7 vs KT34XA. Gee... I dont know. Both are good
> >antennas. KT34XA has more gain and more potential pain. Personally I
> >like to put up an antenna and not think about it any more. I've never
> >heard of anyone taking apart a TH7 and putting it back together again 3
> >times because it wouldn't work right. I've heard this story twice in
> >regards to a KT34XA.
>
> Let me be at least the third to tell that story. I rebuilt an XA about
> 3-1/2 years ago. Last October, on the Tuesday before CQWW Phone, I found
> the SWR on 20 to be much higher than normal. Problem got better when it
> rained. So, I took it down, found a bad connection in the reflector,
> cleaned it, used No-Alox (instead of the copper-colored stuff KLM provided)
> and got it back up in time for the contest. Only now, the low end SWR on
> 15 was higher than normal! I took it back down after Phone and before CQWW
> CW, but found nothing obviously wrong. This past weekend, I took it down
> again and completely rebuilt the reflector and two driven elements. (This
> time I used No-Alox for all the connections.) The low end SWR is somewhat
> better -- not completely right but probably good enough.
>
> As for the XA itself, it works great! I actually find the low f/b helpful
> in contests: It's nice to be able to work JAs and So. Americans at the
> same time. Also, spraying some RF off the back sometimes (and ONLY
> sometimes) helps keep those stations to the S and SW from trying to steal
> my run frequency to Europe!
>
>
> Gerry, W1GD
>
>
> --
> FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html
> Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com
> Administrative requests: towertalk-REQUEST@contesting.com
> Problems: owner-towertalk@contesting.com
> Search: http://www.contesting.com/km9p/search.htm
--
FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html
Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com
Administrative requests: towertalk-REQUEST@contesting.com
Problems: owner-towertalk@contesting.com
Search: http://www.contesting.com/km9p/search.htm
|