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[Dr. Richard W. Musicer]

Dennis Schaefer wrote: 

>  The beam was 2 to 4 S-units better than the dipole in all cases.  
>Those are S-units on a Kenwood 440S. I know, that is a meaningless 
>measurement, but it probably means a little
>to someone who is accustomed to using a 440S.   (Many signals were
>comfortable on the beam and unreadable on the dipole).
>
>My gut feeling?  The A3  probably has about 4-5 db gain over the 
>dipole on 20 meters.    



How do you go from the 'fact' of 2 to 4 s-units difference and 
unreadable-to-comfortable signals, to a 'gut-feeling' or 4 to 5 db 
gain??   I don't get it.  What was the use of your evaluation?

73 de Rick, N6C

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