[1000mp] 160 m reception

Tue, 12 Mar 2002 19:58:14 -0500

On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 19:53:48 +0000 Bill Tippett <[email protected]>
writes:
>         To answer your other question about gain on 160, you are 
> technically correct.  If you can hear band noise, you do not need 
> the
> extra gain provided by Flat in Menu 8-4.  However I like to 
> equalize
> signals on my RX antenna to what they are on my TX antenna so I
> can give proper strength reports.  That's why I like the extra gain
> on 80/160 provided by choosing Flat instead of Tuned.  If I have 
> occasional problems with intermod products caused by stong signals, 

K1VR: 

Bill:

        You are well known as a guy who has tackled, and done extremely
well at, single band activities -- single Band 10, single band 20, single
band 160, whatever.

        If you were an all band guy in a contest, would you still choose
Flat?

Fred Hopengarten K1VR                       [email protected]
Six Willarch Road * Lincoln, MA 01773-5105
781/259-0088 *eFax 419/858-2421

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