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Washington State. He had a vertical before and is just starting to wring out the C-4. It's easy for us in the NW corner of the States to be EU-challenged but I thought I'd share his anecdotal experience with the antenna on 17M. Needless to say, he's having a ball with his new antenna. >> Some more bragging comin' up - but I also thought you would be interested in some more information on the antenna's characteristics. This weekend I was in Agnew (by myself) so I had more time than normal to play radio. Got the urge to try out 17 meters last night, so I hooked up the tuner, got it to 1.1, beamed to EU (15M and 20M were wall-wall 59+ EU signals). Pretty weak on 17. Then I remembered - the 40M element is the 17M reflector so you have to essentially beam long path on 17. (LXC - This isn't quite accurate but he did get the reverse heading part right.) Cut to the chase, after a 4 1/2 hour pileup of almost contest-like QSOs, 99% 59+ reports, and being spotted several times on the DX Summit, I cautiously concluded that it works great ! Really strange working EU and seeing the rotor at 198 degrees ! It is just as sharp in directivity as 10/15/20 as well, only 5-10 degrees and signals really drop off. My last contact was YJØAXC at Ø8Ø8 with the beam at 62 degrees. Next I will try 40 - Promise. >> Cheers, Steve K7LXC -------------------------------------------- Force12Talk mailing list provided as a service by Force 12 Antennas, Inc. Force 12 Web site: http://www.qth.com/force12 Submissions: send to Force12Talk@qth.com To unsubscribe: send a blank e-mail to Force12Talk-leave@qth.com Force12Talk Message Archive: http://www.qth.com/force12/list/force12talk For problems with the list, contact n4zr@qth.com |
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