[CQ-Contest] Re: [TowerTalk] TH7DX INFO

[Pete Smith]

At 08:47 AM 3/19/97 -0600, Lee Buller wrote:
>Ok...I have used both and I can tell you that the TH7 will get though better
>than the TA-33....BUT....the TA-33 will get through eventually.  I have a
>TA-33 up right now and the TH6 is going up as soon as the weather breaks, I
>get my rotor rebuilt, and get some schedule 80 masting. (I'm gonna get
>comments about the mast, I know)
>
>I read the thread here about front to back and forward gain, but no one has
>really brought up the issue of angle of radiation.  For DXing...well I would
>put my money on the TH7 or TH6..rather than the TA-33.  Eventually, you will
>get there, but you won't be one of the fast dogs.
>
>So, what about angle of radiation between at 14 foot boom and a 24 foot boom?
>Put that in your modeling program and share it with us all.
>
>With great respect...
>
>Lee
>k0wa at southwind.net


Essentially ZOT!  In my modeling, the TH-7 (24-foot boom) and the C-3 (11
feet on 20)
have identical main-lobe angles on 20 and the C-3 is actually one degree
lower on 15... but its second lobe is very slightly louder than the TH-7's.

73, Pete Smith N4ZR
n4zr at contesting.com 


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