On 11/21/2012 3:56 PM, Nate Bargmann wrote:
Life is a trade-off. The tri-bander offered better gain on three bands.
The log likely offered near seamless frequency agility from 3 to 30 MHz
without the need for tuners and such.
I guess we'll keep searching for that perfect antenna. :-)
Well, with the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics planted firmly in one cheek ...
I want 3-30 MHz with at least 10 dB gain. Don't we all? :-) Big
doesn't always do it in all departments. In the coastal marine service
in 1956/7, our transmit [and receive] antennas were huge by ham
standards ... unless you were W6AM. Unfortunately, one antenna per
transmit frequency, and most of the HF receive frequencies too.
I was just stunned by that LP. I was 23, fresh out of college, a ham
for 10 years, but 5 of those were in college, basic training, and
officers' school, and pretty much QRT. Biggest beam I'd ever seen. I
was equally stunned when I found out exactly how it worked.
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013
- www.cqp.org
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