At 05:33 PM 10/21/01 -0700, Thor wrote:
>Please notice that the original query and my response concern SWR, NOT F/B,
>Gain or anything else. The Force-12 2001 Catalog shows a 17 meter SWR spec
>of "~2.8:1" for EVERY antenna in the C3 series including the C3, C3E, C4,
>C4E, C4XL, C3S, C4S, C4SXL and the C3SS. The C3SS has a very different
>design than other members of the C3 family in that it uses a shortened 20
>meter DI with linear loading. Given this major design difference, it is no
>great surprise that the 17 meter SWR is different from the other members in
>the C3 family. My original comments stand as stated. I have high regard for
>Force-12 as a company but let's not let blind loyalty obscure the facts.
Then you should not have said that the SWR specs on the WARC bandS (note
plural) were all the same. On 12m they aren't. No blind loyalty here,
just reading the words as written...
BTW Dan's message did not mention WARC bands at all.
73, Pete N4ZR
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