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[Ron W7MRR]

Hi Paul:

   Aside from the SWR, did you try and determine the effect on overall ability to communicate?  Remember, a dummy load will give you a perfect 1:1, but it won't help you make contacts.

Ron W7MRR


--- On Sat 03/30, paul  wrote:
> ok boys and girls..  i promised you the results, and here they are... (for
> those of you who like calculations incantations and permutations..  do
> like
> frank zappa said  "and ram them up your snout") i am a
> screwdriver and
> hammer kinda-o-ham..  dont need no steenken meeterrs.... the gap started
> out
> with the counterpoise about 12 feet off of the ground..  raised it to 20
> ft
> and the swr went up on all bands slightly..  about +0.5....   lowered it
> to
> 10 feet off the ground and the swr dropped significantly..  it is flat as 
> a
> myocardial infarc on the entire 20 meter band !!!  the  results are
> similar
> on all of the other bands ..  as they originally told me at gap, raising
> the
> titan dx will not help...  guess what???  they were right..  ten feet off
> of
> the ground and it works like a champ... *** reporting live from the w8jn
> station and fixing things with a hammer (technical tap) is  w8jn  73
> paul****
> 
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