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Re: [Amps] How about this furnace?

To: "Peter Voelpel" <df3kv@t-online.de>
Subject: Re: [Amps] How about this furnace?
From: R.Measures <r@somis.org>
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 06:01:50 -0800
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Excellent point.

On Jan 2, 2006, at 5:03 AM, Peter Voelpel wrote:

>
> The difference in gain of  a 1/4 wave vertical with 16 1/4  wave
> radials over good ground and a dipol at 1/2 wave height is also 8db...
> Stations with beams should never compete with owners of simple antennas
> as its unfair ;-)
>
> 73
> Peter
>
>
> Von: "Stan Stockton" <k5go@cox.net>
>> Rich - I am surprised that you would laugh at 8 db and refer to it as
> "only" 8 dB - harly noticeable with QSB."
>>
>> 8 dB is only the difference between your average, city-lot shunt fed 
>> tower
> on 160M and perhaps the highest gain 160M antenna in the world which, 
> just
> like having that gain in transmit power, is no advantage on receive 
> because
> a good beverage system would outperform that antenna on receive.  8 dB 
> is
> "only" the difference between a stack of five element yagis (10 
> elements)
> and approximately sixteen five element yagis (80 elements) in phase 
> which
> would also perhaps be the largest antenna system on any HF band.
>
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Richard L. Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734.  www.somis.org

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