[TowerTalk] Fw: Feeding single band HF yagis 500+ ft from the shack

Wes wes_n7ws at triconet.org
Tue May 17 15:40:15 EDT 2022


Then you spend the money and/or turn up the wick.

On 5/17/2022 12:09 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On 5/17/2022 11:54 AM, Wes wrote:
>> The cost is about 40% less ($2.30/ft at Tessco) and the loss is only 1.7 dB 
>> @28MHz and proportionally less at 20 meters.  In fact on 20 meters, you would 
>> be hard pressed to tell the difference.
>
> As a contester, I've experienced multiple situations when 1-2 dB band the 
> difference between a QSO and a CQ in my face.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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