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G4OBK
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Rating: 5/5
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May 17, 2001 11:08
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Part 2 of my review
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Time owned: 6 to 12 months
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Tennadyne T10 Log Periodic Review - Conclusion
The antenna has now been in use for 9 months and I am very satisfied with its performance. Please refer back to Part 1 of my review.
One problem that I had with the antenna was the boom to mast clamp, which wasn?t up to the job. Apparently I was one of the last to receive this type of fixing. Tennadyne were good enough to send me the updated boom/mast clamp assembly and since this was fitted in January 2001 I haven?t had a problem. Previously if the wind got up in excess of about 40 MPH the antenna would ?pinwheel? on the stub mast no matter how much I tightened the boom to mast clamp.
Tennadyne tell me that the updated assembly is now part of every antenna.
I?m very satisfied with the antenna?s performance. In October it allowed me to easily work K5K on all bands 20m through to 10m. I have no reason to doubt the gain figure of 6.1 dBd quoted by the manufacturer and the front to back seems to be as quoted. I haven?t had the opportunity to do any real comparisons with other beam antennas but I did enlist the help of Ger G0UVR who lives 5 miles away from me to measure the front to back ratio on his TS430s S-Meter. Without the use of proper test equipment the results are rather vague, however the front to back ratio on all bands 20m through to 10m varied between 3.5 and 7 S-Points which doesn?t say a lot about the accuracy of our measurements - assuming that one S point equals 6 dB! However, it does indicate that the antenna exhibits plenty of front to back ratio.
I can?t find much out about Tennadyne but do know that the proprietor formerly worked for Mosley. I?m pleased with the antennas performance and versatility all on a single boom and would purchase it again.
Phil Catterall G4OBK
Concluding my review for the Chiltern DX Club Digest April 2001
Posted on E-Ham websire: May 17th 2001
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