> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:Repeater- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 1:22 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: station master bandwidth? > > At 2/18/2007 06:21, you wrote: > >I remember this trick being done by a ham in upstate New York when I > lived > >up there over 35 years ago. I thought that this only "fixes" the > >reflected power problem but the performance of the antenna is poor due to > >the signal take-off angle. The foil does not fix the phasing of the > >elements in the radome. > > > >Joe > > I tried this mod. with only slight variations, then compared the gain > against my other antennas & found it to be as expected given the antenna > length.
Bob, What was expected? Did it have the same gain as it had before the modification but now on the new frequency? 73 Gary K4FMX
