[TenTec] Bazooka antenna.. More than you wanted to know!

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 13:17 -0500, GARY HUBER wrote:
> "...the stubs of the bazooka are rejecting that out of band noise."
> 
> Isn't that one of the "features" of the Double Bazooka? Isn't it supposed to 
> provide out of (design) band noise rejection and as a result be quieter both 
> on receive AND transmit?

Except that any good receiver should already reject all the out of band
noise.
> 
> At least that's what I believe I've observed over the years when using 
> Double Bazookas (1 on 40M and 1 on 80M) during Field Day at a multi 
> transmitter site.

There could be some benefit there, though I've had great success with
lumped element filters that survived the event better than the Bazooka
did.
> 
> 
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> Gary - AB9M
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73, Jerry, K0CQ