Paul,
I was there this morning, listening to Bernie here in Arizona on my Orion
II and inverted-L. Conditions were undoubtedly better at your QTH, but out
here there was so much QSB that any test I could have run would have been
meaningless. I was happy to work him.
73 Ray W2RS
In a message dated 1/30/2013 4:16:02 PM GMT Standard Time, k9ot@yousq.net
writes:
> Subj:[TenTec] A/B rig testing
> Date:1/30/2013 4:16:02 PM GMT Standard Time
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> I did a little bit of A/B/C testing on 160M with my Omni VII, Peg's Eagle,
>
> and my Corsair II. I am not happy with the results.
>
> I was listening to Bernie W3UR down in J7 on a beverage. I just hooked the
>
> same coax to each rig, so it was a few seconds between each one. He was
> not
> always solid copy on the Omni VII, but was Q5 on the Corsair II.
>
> The winner was the reverse order that I have listed above. The Corsair was
>
> maybe 3DB better than the Omni VII, but that can make the difference
> between
> hearing someone and not hearing them.The Eagle was in between.
>
> Has anyone else done this? The Omni VII is a very good radio, but just not
>
> the best low band one.
>
> 73 Paul K9OT
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