Dana (K6JQ) wrote:
>
> Tim wrote:
>
> > Hey Joe - I have some of that wire (from all of my old TDY
> > trips to Luke AFB). I've just used the latest suggestions
>
> Now, I can tell this is made-up. I mean, who could measure the
> glazing reduction so accurately as to come up with a number like
> 86.9% ? Such precision is not attainable even by scientists, like
> the guys that built the Hubble Space Telescope..
Actually Tim was probably using his Autek to measure
the antenna's Z before and after. That'll give you
some accurate numbers, and if you plug it into the
formula you can get numbers down past the decimal
point. Of course rounding off would've made much more
sense, I'm sure he just didn't bother out of excitement.
BTW, Tim's mention of the AFB just reminded me. Back
when I was in the military, I had access to surplus
military flight line. This is the *best* wire I've
ever used. If you know anyone who can get some, get
a few hundred feet. Don't know why you can't get it
commercially. Real shame.
Cheers de AB7TT,
-Joe Gervais-Poisson, vole@primenet.com, AZ ScQRPions (Phoenix)
"It was the monkeys! The monkeys did it!"
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