[Antennas] Beam-band question

Wed, 10 Dec 2003 01:50:19 +0000

Yes!
73, Tom K5IID

At 01:11 12/10/03, [email protected] wrote:
>A complicated question, with probably no good answer, but here goes. I have a
>dual band CushCraft 12-17 meter, 3 el beam, that I use on those 2 bands, but
>would like to use it on 15M as well. I can, with the use of my rig's
>autotuner, get a good SWR.  The question, is,  given the same conditions, 
>power,
>distance, rigs and all that,  how much signal am I losing at the "other 
>end", the
>other station,(or conversely, on receive)  if I use a beam such as this, vs
>same gain dedicated 15M beam?  Results are acceptable, but I can't help 
>but think
>sigs would be better if I used a "real"   3 el 15M beam.  Is it worth buying
>a separate 3 el  CushCraft 15M beam? Discussion?
>Thanks!
>Bob W0DXZ
>
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