Hoisted the array into the air today after work < in a snowstorm I might
add>(oughta work gud then, huh?)
and got rid of a lot of manmade noise (it was right next to the house),
however seems to still
be not quite as loud as a single dipole some 75' away @ 60'
The top of the K1WA slopers are at only 30' however.
The F/B and pattern seems to be real nice with it up off the ground
HEIGHT matters!
Now to get some Es or F2 and do some A/B comparisons! Todays "gain" test was
only on my local 6m bcn
~ 25 miles away. I live in a low bowl so am not surprised the dipole @ 60'
outperforms this on tropo/groundwave.
Stay tuned.
Thinking seriously about something similar for 10m next.
Mike 'AA
Michael, Coreen & Corey Smith
(VE9AA, VE9AAA & Little-VE9 to be)
271 Smith Rd
Waterville, NB
E2V 3V6
Canada
http://members.tripod.com/~ve9aa/index.html
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/2174/
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