[TowerTalk] TH-7

Tom Osborne w7why@mail.coos.or.us
Wed, 29 Apr 1998 01:45:09 -0700


Bob Locher wrote:
> 
> I am confused - Roger Cox says that his tests on the TH7 made at the
> Hy-Gain test range show:
> 
> 14.000 MHz  5.0 dBd
> 14.175 MHz  5.0 dBd
> 14.350 MHz  5.2 dBd
> 
> 21.000 MHz  5.8 dBd
> 21.200 MHz  6.1 dBd
> 21.450 MHz  5.7 dBd
> 
> 28.000 MHz  3.8 dBd
> 28.800 MHz  5.5 dBd
> 29.700 MHz  7.0 dBd
> 
> But the Hy-Gain web site, apparantly maintained by Roger Cox, says that
> the average gain on the TH-7 is 6.57 dBd.
> 
> Please explain?

Maybe they take the 3 highest gain figures and average them out.  That
would be 5.8, 6.1, and 7.0.  That comes out to about 6.3 db.
Tom W7WHY

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