[SixClub] SixClub Digest, Vol 66, Issue 1

[John Geiger]

1 S unit is equal to 6db, if the S meter is calibrated correctly.

A vertical can't be equal to a 3 element beam unless the vertical is several wavelengths long.  A 2 element beam should show a 5 or 6db gain over a vertical, and a 3 element beam should be 8 Db over a vertical.

73s John AA5JG

--- On Sun, 10/11/09, Dave Walton <w7car at wildblue.net> wrote:

> From: Dave Walton <w7car at wildblue.net>
> Subject: Re: [SixClub] SixClub Digest, Vol 66, Issue 1
> To: sixclub at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sunday, October 11, 2009, 1:44 PM
> The Ringo Ranger will work locally
> just fine (across town) ground wave etc
> with other verticals & vertically oriented beams. When
> the Band is wide open
> Ionospheric (F layer Propagation) it will often work equal
> to a 2 or three
> element beam. Of course that is Not true ALL the time. As
> far as 20db less
> signal than a three element beam ? C'mon lets get real
> here. That would be
> 6.6666666 S Units the distant station would be seeing a
> difference of.
> Remember 3 db = 1 S Unit. A 4 Element Beam and a Kilowatt
> could'nt do that.
> In the long run you will be happier with a Yagi or a Quad
> Beam. Shop around
> & a New Beam can be had for near the price of the
> Ringo. Arrow Antennas 4
> Element Yagi is only $129.00 & NO other Manufacturer in
> the US comes
> anywhere near it's quality of construction, materials, and
> ease of assembly.
> When You have time Google L.B. Cebik. LB is now a silent
> key but his
> legendary accumen of Antennas, and his ability to teach
> laymen about them
> lives on in his website, books, CD's etc. Fun Reading &
> Learning. Whatever
> You decide have FUN.
> 
> Yours in the Hobby,
> 
> Dave - W7CAR
> Rainier, Oregon
> "Where webbed feet are optional at birth"
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