Topband: Topband Digest, Vol 84, Issue 25

[Howard W3CQH]

Questions:

Of either a 12' or 33' or 43' VERTICALS - which one is best?

Who is the MFG??

73
Howard
W3CQH
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 > Today's Topics:
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>   1. Re: WAS on 160 meters in three (3) days (Sam Morgan)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:24:54 -0600
> From: Sam Morgan <k5oai.sam at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Topband: WAS on 160 meters in three (3) days
> To: paulkb8n at aol.com
> Cc: topband at contesting.com
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> paulkb8n at aol.com wrote:
>> The guy who has the record this year, I believe, is Jim, W5JAW, in five
>> hours!  Incredibly, Jim did this with Low Power to a 12 FOOT VERTICAL 
>> !!!
>> Can anyone top that?!
>>
> that's pretty amazing 'low power' usually means 150w doesn't it?
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> and if my 13 foot tall 160m antenna is comparable,
> that would mean about 1.5% or so efficiency,
> so, I'm guessing 150 x 0.015 = 2.25w ERP
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> can Jim or anyone confirm that?
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> -- 
> GB & 73
> K5OAI
> Sam Morgan
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