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Re: [TenTec] OT: Openwire/Window Line and Bad Wx

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] OT: Openwire/Window Line and Bad Wx
From: k6jek <k6jek@comcast.net>
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Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 07:31:15 -0700
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Antenna Wax. It's a classic joke out here if not a very good one. Polished the 
antenna today with antenna wax. Maybe it wasn't a joke.

Jon

On Aug 1, 2013, at 6:39 AM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP wrote:

> I'm not sure if you asked me or the group.
> I have no clue, and I guess there are several types.
> 
> One thing I know for sure:  NOBODY coats their feedline with a wetting agent
> before it rains.
> 
> 
> Another thing I know for sure:  how much difference 6dB makes in a contest.
> It's like running barefoot or with a linear.
> 
> Running a linear means I work 90% of all the stations I call with just 1 or
> 2 calls.
> Running barefoot means I get about 30% with just one call.
> 
> So in a contest, 6dB means a lot more than 6dB measured in a lab.
> I guess it is due to the competition.
> On an un-crowded band, it would mean 1 S-Unit but in a contest it means a
> lot.
> 
> My point:  I have run openwire (window line) countless times in contests
> where it rained and if I had been losing 6dB all the time, I would have
> noticed it in my score.  I did not.  I only noticed that I had to retune the
> matchbox.  
> 
> I always use manually tuned matchboxes.  If you have an auto-tuner, then it
> really doesn't matter much.
> 
> 73
> Rick, DJ0IP
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Carter
> 
> Is the "wetting agent" conductive -- or at least more conductive than rain
> water?
> 
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