[NLRS] Direct TV Dish, Au'06 & 222 beacon

[Donn Baker]

Hi John,.
Well, at least its a thought.

HOWEVER, the answer is "No, sorry."  There's simply too much extra work
involved... it'd hog far to much time that others are expecting to be able
to use... at least three hours worth for your antennas alone.

It might be something that could be arranged for later in the year, but
even then, its a lot of work !  (It might be easier if there was a large
-LARGE !- number of used, well worn 50's and 100's involved... no trace of
drugs or red dye on them, please!)  :-)

It IS an interesting question, though, and maybe we should pursue it at
some point.  But not next weekend.

73 Donn
WA2VOI/0


At 08:41 4/22/06 -0500, John P. Toscano wrote:
>Here's a "crazy" thought, directed to the folks who actually run the 
>antenna range...
>
>What are the chances of measuring all my antennas (144 MHz & up) while 
>mounted on the rover vehicle in operating position, and then 
>individually OFF the vehicle, to see what amount of degradation is 
>caused by non-optimal stacking?  (Or is it not worth the effort because 
>close mounting affects pattern more than gain, or is it not possible due 
>to physical limitations of the test range itself, or just too much work 
>to bother with in general?)
>
>John (W0JT)
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