[TowerTalk] 9913

crawfish crawfish at surfmore.net
Fri Sep 22 12:30:49 EDT 2006


My only experience with 9913 is a bad one. Lightning blew it up (didn't faze the 213) I had up. I fortunately had the services of people who worked in the nuclear power field who had the proper knowledge and the necessary material to insure that there would be no moisture to get in.I had everything properly grounded. This was in 1989, and if I get serious again on VHF/UHF, I will go with the LMR cables. I just don't like that coax pipe as a friend of mine calls it.If I had been smart, I would have bought some W8ZD(now available from N8ET at Kanga)matching transformers and used BIG 75 ohm cable TV hardline for 2 SSB and 432 SSB. Good feedline costs money, but it is worth it when the bands are marginal, when you need that extra dB or so.
                                                             Joe W4AAB


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