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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
yup, ran the FT-818 w/o an ATU and it worked great… a lousy 6w PEP, and I’m moving the other station’s S-meter. the antenna is pretty good on receive, too. when I got them to shift down to 10w out, they were still very readable and strong enough.
it *was* pretty noisy on 50.250 MHz tonight, but this quad loop still does a better job on that band than any of the compromise multi-band or dipole antennas I’ve tried before. I mean better results with 5-10w with this antenna rather than with 100w into the others. and I have to admit: not having to use an ATU is pleasant… one less thing in the soup.