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Ok, what do you have for a tower Alan? Are you up on one of the mountains
near Phoenix?
When I lived in Spokane, there was a guy about ten miles from me who was up
on a mountain. He worked stations on 15 meters that I couldn't even hear
with my 3-element tribander at 50 feet.
Steve, K8SP
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan R. Downing" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 2:22 PM
Subject: Re: TS-990 Review
>I can't speak for your friend of course, but I prefer to have every
>possible
> advantage, including running 1500 watts. Serious DX chasers even use feed
> lines and connectors that are extremely low loss. Every link in the chain
> has to be strong. I use 7/8th Andrew hard line and 7/16 DIN connectors
> both
> are as low loss as I can get. The wasting of a single DB is totally
> unacceptable. And like everything else, it is very expensive. A single
> male type N connector for 7/8th hard line cost about $50 apiece. 7/8th
> Andrew hard line costs about $5 per foot. A single male 7/16 DIN
> connector
> for LMR900DB, which I use for my six meter feed line, cost about $100.
> It all adds up.
>
> 73
>
>
> Alan R. Downing
> Phoenix, AZ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of John Miller
> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 10:47 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: TS-990 Review
>
> I have a good friend who is up there on the DX worked list, either on or
> one
>
> away form honor role and he never had those features.
>
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