[TowerTalk] Phillystran and Lightning

[K7LXC@aol.com]

In a message dated 98-05-30 20:17:13 EDT, csudds@probe.net writes:

<< Just *how* badly does continuously grounded guys mess up the antenna
 patterns on 20-15-10 meters?? I seem to recall an article in QST or some
 other publication about 10 years back that stated that most installations
 will suffer only marginal degradation... on the order of 1/4 db or so. Did I
 misread this or have there been more recent studies?  >>

      That was an article by well-known station builder Lew Gordon, K4VX. In
it, he said that they actually helped his sloper performance. 

Cheers,  Steve  K7LXC

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