Re: New member, undecided but tempted!

"martinbradford2001" <[email protected]> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:52:30 -0000

Newsgroups	gmane.recreation.radio.hardware.yaesu.vr-500
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--- In [email protected], comtron@... wrote:
>
> Mike,
> 
> Yes, the VR-500 archives, ha!
> 
> The Miracle Antenna is tunable by the way, and when using a short  
> antenna can be surprisingly selective with a handheld receiver. The  
> signal boost is very significant over using just an untuned wire. It's  
> also nicely engineered, really a work of art inside.
> 
> Chuck
> 
> 

I'm amazed that you report that the Miracle Antenna gives any improvement over an equal length of plain wire! I can see no reason why it should - have you actually compared the signal strengths on an A/B test, or is this just a subjective judgement?

Martin (G8FXC)