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.
>