[TowerTalk] Re: Log periodics - Tennadyne

Pete Smith n4zr@contesting.com
Mon, 15 Jun 1998 11:08:16


At 02:09 PM 6/14/98 EDT, K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
>
>In a message dated 98-06-14 13:53:25 EDT, davidc@bit-net.com writes:
>
>> Finally, remember that anything within a boom's length of a log will skew
>>  everything. I put a 40-2CD above it and varied the separation distance
>>  until the log's SWR was okay.
>
>      What was that distance?


Of course, the fact that the SWR went down tells you absolutely nothing
about the resulting pattern/gain.  Assuming Murphy's Law remains
applicable, you could have  lovely SWRs and lousy patterns on *both* antennas.

73, Pete Smith N4ZR
n4zr@contesting.com 

"That's WEST Virginia.  Thanks and 73"

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