[TowerTalk] Antenna Testing via RBN

Robert Harmon k6uj at pacbell.net
Thu Sep 30 11:30:26 EDT 2021


Pete,

Thanks fpr sharing the info.  Great stuff !   

Bob
K6UJ




> On Sep 30, 2021, at 7:22 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR <pete.n4zr at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I know that many Towertalkians are aware of using the RBN for antenna testing, but thought you might find my latest blog article at <reversebeacon.blogspot.com> interesting.  It addresses specifically how you can get spotted by the same RBN node within a few seconds to compare antennas while largely avoiding the effect of propagation differences.  There's also a lot of information about how the RBN works in spotting various common and not-so-common callsigns, which may help you improve your 'being-spotted" performance
> 
> -- 
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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