<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Tests today from Fire Station 8 and Manchester Dock with the new Poynting antenna.<br style="" class=""><br style="" class="">FS8 Simpson Training Tower: no signals, water tower right in front of me. Next step--negotiate for access to the water tower (already started).<br style="" class=""><br style="" class="">Manchester Dock: good signals from Baldi, Haystack, and from AE7SJ.<br style="" class=""><br style="" class="" clear="none"><div class="" 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 style="" class="" clear="none"></div>
<div class="" 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;"><span style="" class=""> -78 dB Haystack-S3/AE7SJ (previous was -73 with Laird antenna and clear weather)<br style="" class=""></span></div>
<div class="" 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;"><span style="" class=""><span style="" class=""><span style="" class=""> </span>no Baldi</span></span><span style="" class=""><span style="" class=""></span></span></div>
<div class="" 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;"><span style="" class=""><span style="" class=""><span style="" class=""> no
Mirrormont</span></span></span></div><br style="" class=""><div class="" 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 at Manchester Dock (end of Madrone Dr. E)<br style="" class="" clear="none"></div>
<div class="" 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;"><span style="" class=""> -71 dB Haystack-S3/AE7SJ 70 degrees (over the south end of Bainbridge Island)<br style="" class=""></span><span style="" class=""> -79 dB AE7SJ<span style="" class=""> 70 degrees<span style="" class=""><br style="" class=""></span></span></span></div>
<div class="" 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;"><span style="" class=""><span style="" class=""><span style="" class=""> -72 dB </span>N7FSP/Baldi-S3 160 degrees (over the south end of Blake Island)<br style="" class=""></span></span><span style="" class=""><span style="" class=""><span style="" class=""> -73 dB </span>N7FSP/Baldi-S1</span></span><span style="" class=""><span style="" class=""><span style="" class=""> 160 degrees<br style="" class=""></span></span></span><span style="" class=""><span style="" class=""><span style="" class=""></span></span></span></div><div style="" class=""><br style=""></div><div style="" class="">I am getting another (same) tripod, so I will have two setups: one with Poynting antenna, and one with Laird
antenna, for some A/B comparisons.</div><div style="" class=""><br></div><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;" class="">73 from Dan at K7MM<br style="" class=""></div><div style="" class=""><br style="" class=""></div> <div class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="" class="" dir="ltr"> <hr style="" class="" size="1"> <font style="" class="" face="Arial" size="2"> <b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Daniel Ransom <danra995@yahoo.com><br style="" class=""> <b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b>
Puget Sound Data Ring <psdr@hamwan.org> <br style="" class=""> <b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, March 29, 2014 5:17 PM<br style="" class=""> <b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [HamWAN PSDR] Kitsap County Tests: Manchester, Fire Station 8<br style="" class=""> </font> </div> <div style="" class=""><br style="" class=""><div style="" class="" id="yiv0634475906"><div style="" class=""><div class="" 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 style="" class="" clear="none"><br style="" class="" clear="none"><div class="" 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 style="" class="" clear="none"></div>
<div class="" 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;"><span style="" class=""> -73 dB Haystack-S3/AE7SJ</span></div>
<div class="" 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;"><span style="" class=""><span style="" class=""><span style="" class=""> </span>no Baldi</span></span><span style="" class=""><span style="" class=""></span></span></div>
<div class="" 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;"><span style="" class=""><span style="" class=""><span style="" class=""> no
Mirrormont</span></span></span></div>
<br style="" class="" clear="none">From Kitsap Fire Station 8 (on the ground, lots of surrounding vegetation)<br style="" class="" clear="none"><span style="" class=""> no signals<br style="" class="" clear="none"><br style="" class="" clear="none">I expect to do an elevated test at Fire Station 8 on Friday.<br style="" class="" clear="none"><br style="" class="" clear="none">I can hardly wait to get my Poynting antenna.<br style="" class="" clear="none"><br style="" class="" clear="none">73 from Dan at K7MM<br style="" class="" clear="none"></span><div style="" class=""><span style="" class=""><br style="" class="" clear="none"></span></div><div style="" class=""><br style="" class="" clear="none"></div> <div style="" class="" id="yiv0634475906yqt26547"><div class="" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"> <div class="" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,
Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"> <div style="" class="" dir="ltr"> <hr style="" class="" size="1"> <font style="" class="" face="Arial" size="2"> <b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Tom Hayward <esarfl@gmail.com><br style="" class="" clear="none"> <b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> Puget Sound Data Ring <psdr@hamwan.org> <br style="" class="" clear="none"> <b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, March 29, 2014 10:25 AM<br style="" class="" clear="none"> <b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [HamWAN PSDR] Kitsap County Tests: East Bremerton, West Bremerton, Silverdale<br style="" class="" clear="none"> </font> </div> <div style="" class=""><br style="" class="" clear="none">On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 7:09 AM, Daniel
Ransom <<a style="" class="" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:danra995@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:danra995@yahoo.com">danra995@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br style="" class="" clear="none">> Bart,<br style="" class="" clear="none">><br style="" class="" clear="none">> You know about the antenna in my photo--this is good. I was wondering if it<br style="" class="" clear="none">> was a decent antenna. I got it for $25 on eBay.<br style="" class="" clear="none"><br style="" class="" clear="none">Hi Dan,<br style="" class="" clear="none"><br style="" class="" clear="none">I think this is the antenna in the photos (GD5W-28P):<br style="" class="" clear="none"><a style="" class="" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.hamwan.org/t/tiki-index.php?page=Laird+GD5W-28P">https://www.hamwan.org/t/tiki-index.php?page=Laird+GD5W-28P</a><br style="" class="" clear="none"><br style="" class=""
clear="none">There's a comparison of it to some other antennas here:<br style="" class="" clear="none"><a style="" class="" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.hamwan.org/t/tiki-index.php?page=Antenna+Shootout">https://www.hamwan.org/t/tiki-index.php?page=Antenna+Shootout</a><br style="" class="" clear="none"><br style="" class="" clear="none">It looks to be about 3 dB under the Poynting, despite being the same<br style="" class="" clear="none">size. That explains the difference in your numbers to my<br style="" class="" clear="none">models--they're all off by at least 3 dB!<br style="" class="" clear="none"><br style="" class="" clear="none">Tom KD7LXL<div style="" class="" id="yiv0634475906yqtfd74814"><br style="" class="" clear="none"><br style="" class="" clear="none">_______________________________________________<br style="" class="" clear="none">PSDR mailing list<br style="" class="" clear="none"><a style="" class=""
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