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Old February 20th 04, 09:20 PM
Cecil Moore
 
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Mark Keith wrote:
Actually, I have tried it on 10m and most other bands. "I do have 80m
dipoles". But no, the dipole never beat the 5/8 GP.


Fed with coax, and no doubt, laying on the ground.

It's like when I was out camping using a ladder line fed 80m, 130 ft
dipole. I tried it on ten. It was pathetic due to the overly high takeoff
angles. I'm talking terrible.


Perhaps, you had a cold solder joint (maybe on purpose so you could
report what you are reporting?) Your results just don't make sense.
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