[TowerTalk] mismatch at feed, ok at transmiter

Gary Schafer garyschafer at comcast.net
Sat Apr 15 12:00:32 EDT 2006



> -----Original Message-----
> 
> From: "Bill" <w7vp at comcast.net>
>  I
> have had a big 20 meter yagi for more than 30 years.  It came as a Bill
> Orr
> type design with 4 elements equally spaced on a 36 foot boom and a T-
> match.
> 
> I just put the antenna backup last week after having it down for almost
> three years and I am always astounded how good it is.  It is at least 3
> s-units better than my Swan tribander on a separate tower at the same
> height.

3 S units better would seem an unrealistic number even compared to a poor
dipole. How many db difference have you measured?

73
Gary  K4FMX




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