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[TowerTalk] Re: Yuri's antennas

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Re: Yuri's antennas
From: Jan.E.Holm@telia.se (Jan.E.Holm@telia.se)
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 07:37:43 +0100
This TH6 sits just inbetwen those razor whiz things, 
there would be a lot of interaction here I guess,
maybe that was the secret?

de Jim SM2EKM
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> Tells me a LOT about that particular TH6, or it's feedline, or...
> 
> -----------------
> 73,
> 
> Guy Olinger, K2AV
> Apex, NC, USA
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mel Martin <mel@interlink.net>
> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 8:11 AM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Yuri's antennas
> 
> 
> > I visited Yuri once when I was visiting Toronto... He demonstrated 
the
> 15
> > Razor he had up at the time. He also had a TH6 up at a comparable
> height...
> > I think it was actually a little higher. Conditions wern't
> particularly good
> > that day... tuning the band with the TH6 (a very good antenna... I 
use
> a
> > similar TH7) the band was virtually dead pointing at Europe... a 
few
> very
> > scattered signals from Europeans using big antennas I suppose... 
Over
> most
> > of the band the S meter was motionless. When we switched to the 
Razor,
> the
> > band literally came alive.... the band was crowded with signals, 
most
> S1-S3,
> > but  solid copy... most of whom were inaudable on the tri-bander. 
The
> > signals that were audable on the Thribander were now strong 
signals.
> It was
> > as if the dead band had suddenly opened up. Not very "scientific" 
I
> > suppose... but I was certainly impressed!!!
> >
> > > Yuri's antennas DID work and work VERY WELL.
> >
> >
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