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FROM ABR INDUSTRIES.  THIS CABLE ASSEMBLY WAS VERY WELL MADE AND PACKAGED,
BY THE WAY.  THE MANUAL DOESNT MENTION PROXIMITY TO TRANSMIT ANTENNAS, BUT
SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I DAMAGED ANOTHER RECEIVE ANTENNA THAT WAS TOO CLOSE TO
MY 160 METER ANTENNA WHILE RUNNING 1,500 W, SO I AM CAUTIOUS ABOUT
PLACEMENT.  ON THE AIR IVE USED SMALL TRANSMITTING LOOP ANTENNAS BEFORE, SO
I HAD AN IDEA OF WHAT TO EXPECT.  THOSE LOOPS HAD A TUNING CAPACITOR FOR
FINDING THE BEST MATCH ON EACH BAND, WHILE THE PREAMPLIFIER IN THIS ONE IS
BROADBAND WITH NO TUNING CONTROLS.  I STARTED AT THE LOW END OF THE
SPECTRUM, TUNING AROUND THE AM BROADCAST BAND IN THE LATE AFTERNOON, AND
HEARD QUITE A FEW SIGNALS.  AS EXPECTED, ROTATING THE ANTENNA DIDNT PICK UP
A STATIONS SIGNAL LEVEL MUCH, BUT I DID FIND A VERY SHARP NULL ON GROUND
WAVE SIGNALS.  WITH CAREFUL ADJUSTMENT, I COULD TAKE A LOCAL AM BROADCAST
STATION FROM OVER S 9 DOWN TO ABOUT S 3.  ON SKYWAVE SIGNALS ON THE HIGHER
BANDS, I COULD NULL THE INCOMING SIGNALS, BUT MUCH OF THE TIME, THE EFFECT
WAS NOT AS PRONOUNCED ON THE ORDER OF 2 OR 3 S UNITS.  I ORIENTED THE
ANTENNA FOR BEST RESPONSE TO THE NORTHEAST/SOUTHWEST AND USED IT DURING THE
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