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Welcome to the [email protected] mailing list! Antennas is a mailing list (reflector) devoted to discussing, comparing, evaluating, designing, and constructing antennas (aerials) of all types, especially for amateur radio, SWL, scanning, and monitoring. * Design and Evaluation * Modeling, Optimizing * Analysis Software * MF, HF, VHF, UHF, SHF * Construction Projects * Anything Else Antenna Related This list (reflector) is devoted entirely to the topic of antennas. Anything related to antennas operation is appropriate. On Fri, 12 Jul 2013 07:50:43 -0700, Phil Hystad <[email protected]> wrote: 73, Tom Amateur Radio Operator N5GE Licensed since 1976 ARRL Lifetime Member QCWA Lifetime Member >I know this is OT but there are so many knowledgable people on this reflector >that I can't pass it up. > >A friend has a Yagi antenna (HF tri-bander) that he wants to measure the SWR >before he raises the antenna up on the tower. > >Question: is this accurate or does the proximity of ground (maybe two feet >high) >so strongly affect the SWR reading that the measurement is not accurate. > >73, phil, K7PEH > >______________________________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:[email protected] > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html

