Wow! A 4cx10000 in an apartment. Can you imagine the total obliteration of
tv and telephones etc.
One thing for sure, the neighbours would NOT complain.They simply would
have no idea wtf had hit them every time the afterburner was keyed up.
I'd love to try it here in Australia. Using someone else's callsign of course.
73 and power to all in 1999,
de Alek. VK6APK
At 05:43 PM 12/31/98 -0800, you wrote:
>
>
>For me the most cost effective way with my two element quad, was a
>4cx10000, it just smokes. My brother operates from an apartment with a
>vertical antenna, also with a 4cx10000 and he just has a lot fun. Put
>simply he can compete with many station running 100ft towers and
>5element beams in the pileup.
>
>10 log p1/p2 20000/100 is 23db gain, you cant get that with a
>cushcraft. He also finds that being on top of the building he hears as
>well as the staions with the big towers. I mean 3k-tower, 1k rotator,
>1k heliax, 1k misc-, 1k antenna, this solution is expensive.
>
>The 4cx10000 with a vertical or wire and antenna tuner is neater and
>cheaper, fo me anyhow.
>
>Igor
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