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Wouldn't that depend on what you mean by "testing", and how to go about it.
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SWR tests certainly are generally useless, due to "ground plane"issues. Christian, KD2LIN ----- Original Message -----
From: Clint Bradford via groups.io <clintbradford@...> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 13:17:58 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [Yaesu-FT-60] radio shutting off when I press PTT <html><head></head><body dir="auto">Testing HT antennas is a total waste of time.<div><br /></div><div>I know: I've done it.</div><div><br /></div><div>As we all learned during adolescence: longer is generally better.</div><div><br /></div><div>And purchase only from respected amateur radio dealers - NOT ebay.</div><div><br /></div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature" /><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><br /><blockquote>On Oct 31, 2023, at 10:15, Clint Bradford via groups.io <clintbradford=mac.com@groups.io> wrote:<br /><br /></blockquote></div><blockquote><div dir="ltr">Diamond - that's genuine Diamond from legitimate ham equipment dealers - makes fine antennas. Like the SRH-320a ...<div><br /></div><div>BUT a better performer than that '320a - and HALF the price - is the Smiley 270.</div><div><br /></div><div>See ...?<a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a>?</div><div><br /></div><div>... for some antenna ideas.?</div><div><br /></div><div>Clint</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature" /><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><br /><blockquote>On Oct 31, 2023, at 09:57, Chris Smart <ve3rwj@winsystem.org> wrote:<br /><br /></blockquote></div><blockquote><div dir="ltr"><style>@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math"; } @font-face { font-family: Calibri; } @font-face { font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; } p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; } span.EmailStyle19 { font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: windowtext; } .MsoChpDefault { font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; } @page WordSection1 { size: 612pt 792pt; margin: 72pt; } div.WordSection1 { page: WordSection1; }</style><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">?</p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt">Pray tell, why? My SRH-77 is just fine and has been since I bought it with the FT-60R, new. I guess I'll have to buy the competing Comet product and compare them.?</span><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:'segoe ui emoji' , sans-serif">🤷</span><span style="font-size:18pt"></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt">?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Yeah. A quarter wave is a quarter wave. <span style="font-family:'segoe ui emoji' , sans-serif">😊</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">?</p><p class="MsoNormal">I use their tri-band whip on my Kenwood TH-D74A without issue…</p></div></div></div></div> </div></blockquote></div><br />-- <br />Clint Bradford K6LCS<br />http//www.work-sat.com </div></blockquote></div></body></html><br />-- <br />Clint Bradford K6LCS<br />http//www.work-sat.com <div style="color:white"></div> |
