[TowerTalk] Mosley antenna problems

[Al Williams]

why dont antenna mfrs publish gain vs freq in addition to
vswr vs freq?

  Is there a correlation of gain & vswr to freq?

perhaps more importantly, can gain fall off but vswr remain
relatively flat?

k7puc

-----Original Message-----
From: Al Williams <alwilliams@olywa.net>
To: Ted Sarah <w8tts@gwis.com>; towertalk@contesting.com
<towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Mosley antenna problems


>
>Several posters have offered low swr as an indication that
>a particular beam is good.  A 50 ohm resistor would be even
>better?
>
>k7puc
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ted Sarah <w8tts@gwis.com>
>To: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 1:01 PM
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Mosley antenna problems
>
>
>>
>>Being the little kid on the block with my 1st yagi, from Mosley, I though
>I'd
>>add my $0.02 worth.  Since I have a small city lot I purchased the Mosley
>>TA33-JR-N-WARC.  It took a little longer to arrive than I expected, but it
>>arrived with all the parts, a set of fair instructions.  Everything was
>>predrilled and color coded.  I read over the instructions twice, sat down
>ad
>>had the antenna together in a few hours.  Got it up on the tower and put
>the
>>meter to it.  Here is what I got:
>>
>>    10 Meters - 28.000  1.5/1        15 Meters - 21.225  1.4/1
>>                       28.300   1.0/1                           21.300
>1.1/1
>>                       28.450   1.1/1                           21.450
>1.1/1
>>                       28.600   1.3/1
>>                       28.900   1.5/1        20 Meters - 14.175  1.0/1
>>
>>14.250  1.1/1
>>    12 Meters - 24.930  1.2/1                             14.350  1.6/1
>>                       14.990  1.2/1
>>
>>     17 Meters - 18.110  1.1/1
>>                        18.168  1.1/1
>>
>>The FT-1000MP handles it all with ease.  I'm basically happy.  But, can
>>understand the frustration that some of you are having.  It's happened to
>me
>>with other things.
>>
>>73 and I hope everything works out.
>>
>>Ted - W8TTS
>>
>>
>>
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