[TowerTalk] R7000--vendor support

[W4ZW]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of 
> gdaught6 at stanford.edu
> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 8:01 PM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] R7000--vendor support
> 
> On 13 Sep 2006 at 19:53, W4ZW wrote:
> 
> < snip >
> 
> > I also like the R-7 family of 3/8 WL verticals.  
> Lightweight, easily 
> > packed for travel, quick to put up, and quite effective.  For our 
> > Shark's Tooth festival in Venice, FL, we had one of my R-7's and a 
> > Force 12  Sigma 5 both mounted on posts in the ground and 
> it took the guys about 10 seconds to
> > abandon the Force 12  for the R-7.   
> 
> And this was because...?
> 
> 73,
> 
> George T. Daughters, K6GT


I thought the answer was obvious.  The R-7 was substantially a better
performer on the bands we used, 20M and 15M.  Both transmit and receive on
A/B tests. 



Jon Hamlet,  W4ZW
 
Casey Key Island, Florida
"A little piece of paradise in the Gulf of Mexico"