Thank for posting this Barry! Antidotes for the anecdotes!
What are your comparative experiences re. the SWR of the C3 vs the C3S?
Were you tweaking a tuner on the C3S as you tested or were both of your
beams cut for that end of the band when they went up?
Now, can you pop a somewhat equivalent Log up in place of the C3S and
run those tests again, please? ;-)
Thanks! & 73, DavidC K1YP
> Just had some fun with my good friend and one mile distant neighbor W2ZU.
> Below is some data - did some comparison measurements of f/b ratio of his
> Force 12 C3 at 54ft
> with my C3S at 50ft by firing a few hundred milliwatts of RF at each
other.
> Used the excellent S meter in a TS930 for signal strength measurements off
> the front and back of
> the beams. Repeated the tests with both ends
> transmitting, and swinging the beams on transmit and receive. His
readings
> on the less precise Omni 6 S meter pretty much matched those on the
> TS930. For grins, I threw in a comparison reading receiving W2ZU off a
> 5-band one element Lightning Bolt delta loop (horiz pol) I have with apex
at
> 50ft. Margin of error reading the meter and setting levels was probably
> less than 2dB.
>
> Not meant as serious test data, just us hams playing radio. Only thing I
> guess it might prove is that the C3S hangs in there with its longer-boomed
> brother. Both owners have been quite happy with the performance of their
> antennas.
>
> 73,
> Barry N1EU
>
>
>
> f/b ratio dB
> C3 C3S C3S gain over delta loop
>
> 20m 13 10 8
>
> 17m 3 2 -0.5
>
> 15m 12 13 10
>
> 10m 20 18 7
>
>
> test frequencies: 28.3, 21.2, 18.1, 14.1 Mhz
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