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I wonder if it was wide spaced or 11 elements on a short boom. A shorter
boom has better front to back but a longer wide spaced boom has better
forward gain. There are lots of guys running 10 elements on 6 meters,
sometimes stacked, and the Japanese are notorious for running 10 elements on
10 meters running their 10 watt license for the beginner hams.
I was listening years ago to the only W6 coming through on 20 meters at the
bottom of a sun spot cycle. He wasn't very strong but he was the only west
coast station I could copy and I think I was running my 4 element 20 on a 26
foot boom at the time. Anyhow, the guy was running a home made 10 element
20 meter beam on a 150 foot boom. No fooling. He used Rohn 25G tower
sections for the boom itself. His was wide spaced elements. I worked a guy
in Illinois once on 20 meters with a 6 inch O D diameter boom 100 feet long
with 10 elements on it, too. He ran 100 watts and was the loudest signal on
the band.
Phil.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 8:24 PM
Subject: Imagine
>A friend of mine and I were looking around the net for 10-20 meter light
> weight beams for his tower. Well not in that catigory, but we ran across
> a
> highgain th11 Dx! imagine 9 elements on ten meters, what would that be
> like!??? It was only 87 pounds. Imagine the wind load and the price!
> H T Kaufman MSW LCSW
> Adaptive Technology Instructor
>
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