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[Amps] al-1500 parasitic?? or some other problem?

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Subject: [Amps] al-1500 parasitic?? or some other problem?
From: 2@mail.vcnet.com (Richard)
Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 05:52:43 -0700
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>> Well, I can now say for sure that it is not the amp.  I have found
>> that by feeding only the top 6 ele 20m beam and pointing it either due
>> east or west I can generate the f/2 and 3f/2 products with as little
>> as 45 watts.  The beam heading is not what I was expecting as it puts
>> both the 40m and 15m towers off the ends of the 20m elements.  The low
>> power needed does really narrow it down to something related to that
>> top antenna or something very close to it... especially since I can
>> not generate them with 1500w to a 4 ele 20m beam 45' below it.
>> 
>> I can also say that its not the guy wires as the 17 year old rusty
>> ones were replaced yesterday.
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>Hi Dave, 
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>I'm positive you are wasting time looking for non-linear joints 
>producing a F/2 or 3F/2 product. ...

Amen, Mr. Rauch.  Non-integer harmonics are weird science.  

-  R. L. Measures, a.k.a. Rich..., 805.386.3734,AG6K, 
www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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