<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Today I did some ground-level tests at Fire Station 8, and I documented Manchester.<br><br><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;">From Manchester on Colchester Dr. at Yukon Harbor Rd. <br></div>
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<br>From Kitsap Fire Station 8 (on the ground, lots of surrounding vegetation)<br><span class="tab"> no signals<br><br>I expect to do an elevated test at Fire Station 8 on Friday.<br><br>I can hardly wait to get my Poynting antenna.<br><br>73 from Dan at K7MM<br></span><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Tom Hayward <esarfl@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Puget Sound Data Ring <psdr@hamwan.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, March 29, 2014 10:25 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [HamWAN PSDR] Kitsap County Tests: East Bremerton, West Bremerton, Silverdale<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 7:09 AM, Daniel Ransom <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:danra995@yahoo.com" href="mailto:danra995@yahoo.com">danra995@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> Bart,<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> You know about the antenna in my photo--this is good. I was wondering if it<br clear="none">> was a decent antenna. I got it for $25 on eBay.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Hi Dan,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I think this is the antenna in the photos (GD5W-28P):<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://www.hamwan.org/t/tiki-index.php?page=Laird+GD5W-28P" target="_blank">https://www.hamwan.org/t/tiki-index.php?page=Laird+GD5W-28P</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">There's a comparison of it to some other antennas here:<br
clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://www.hamwan.org/t/tiki-index.php?page=Antenna+Shootout" target="_blank">https://www.hamwan.org/t/tiki-index.php?page=Antenna+Shootout</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">It looks to be about 3 dB under the Poynting, despite being the same<br clear="none">size. That explains the difference in your numbers to my<br clear="none">models--they're all off by at least 3 dB!<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Tom KD7LXL<div class="yqt5834120587" id="yqtfd74814"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">PSDR mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:PSDR@hamwan.org" href="mailto:PSDR@hamwan.org">PSDR@hamwan.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://mail.hamwan.org/mailman/listinfo/psdr_hamwan.org" target="_blank">http://mail.hamwan.org/mailman/listinfo/psdr_hamwan.org</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div>
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