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Hi.
Too bad you couldn't get enough height to look at a Delta loop. That would
be a much quieter antenna. We used one a number of years ago, and it
buried the dipoles.
73, de Lou K2LKK
At 02:38 PM 8/23/2008 -0400, you wrote:
> John:
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>I have an 80 and 40 meter dipole up here--it's a fan dipole with the top
>section good for 80 and the bottom section good for 40, and I have noticed
>exactly the same thing.
>
>The 40 meter dipole is noisier, and my home-brew G5RV out-performed it on 40
>when it was working.
>
>That dipole is getting very old too, which is part of why I'm looking for
>another solution.
>
>73 from Tom Behler: Kb8TYJ
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 1:15 PM
>Subject: Re: G5RV VS Windom
>
>
> > On some bands I've seen my g5RV beat, in performance, a dipole cut for
> > certain bands, or at least match it. Not often but I have a 40 meter
> > dipole
> > and compared to my G5RV, the 40 meter one is noisier and beyond that about
> > equal though the SWR is 1/1. I'm sorry I put up the 40 meter dipole to be
> > honest, I thought it would be so much better.
>
>
>
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Louis Kim Kline
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