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SCIENTIFIC TEST ITS MORE OF AN IMPRESSION, AS ITS HARD TO SWITCH
QUICKLY TO BYPASS THE UNIT.  DONT TAKE MY WORD FOR IT YOU CAN LOOK
AT FIGURE A AND SEE THE ATTENUATION MEASURED IN THE ARRL LAB.  THE
MFJ 1146 MANUAL ALSO SHOWS THE MAXIMUM RFI SUPPRESSION BY BAND SEE
TABLE 4.  WE CAN SEE THAT THE BAND ATTENUATION PATTERN IS SIMILAR TO
THE ARRL LAB MEASUREMENTS.  CONCLUSION IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
NOISE, AND YOU NEED A DC POWER OUTLET, THE MFJ 1146 CAN HELP REDUCE
THE UNWANTED NOISE GETTI ON THE AIR RESULTS THIS IS THE MOST
VERSATILE ANTENNA SYSTEM IVE EVER USED, AND ITS COMPONENTS ALLOW
BASICALLY ANY ANTENNA CONFIGURATION YOU DESIRE.  YOU MAY NOT NEED TO
USE AN ANTENNA TUNER, AS THE SWR IS TYPICALLY LESS THAN 2 1 ACROSS
THE BANDS.  HOWEVER, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU ARE DOING, THE ANTENNA
TUNER MAY BE REQUIRED.  BUILD QUALITY CAN BE REFERRED TO AS MIL SPEC
TO ME, THAT MEANS RUGGED COMPONENTS BUILT TO LAST, AND NOT SO FLIMSY
THAT THEY BREAK AS YOU USE THEM.  I HAVE STEPPED ON THE BALUN MANY
TIMES AND THROWN IT INTO THE TRUNK AFTER A RAINFALL, AND THE KEVLAR
WIRE IS STRONG AND RUST FREE.  CHAMELEON ENSURES THAT EVERYTHING IS
BUILT TO BE HANDLED ROUGHLY AND LAST FOR A LONG TIME.  STAINLESS
STEEL NUTS ROUND OUT THE BUILD QUALITY.  I HAVE USED THIS ANTENNA IN
ALL ITS CONFIGURATIONS, FROM DEPLOYMENT TO EXPERIMENTATION, AND HAVE
ALWAYS BEEN HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS.  THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY A SHORT
COMPROMISE ANTENNA THAT WILL BE SEVERAL S UNITS DOWN FROM THE
STANDARD DIPOLE.  COMPARED TO A REGULAR DIPOLE OR 20 METER VERTICAL,
THE SIGNAL REPORTS SHOW COMPARABLE SIGNAL STRENGTHS.  THE PRIME
ADVANTAGE IS THAT I CAN ARRIVE AT A SITE AND SEE THAT THERE ARE NO
TREES AND USE THE VERTICAL COMPONENTS.  IF THERE ARE TREES, THEN I
CHOOSE THE SLOPER.  IF I WANT TO DO NVIS, THEN I CAN DO THAT WITH A
MAST/POLE TO KEEP THE ANTENNA AT THE RIGHT HEIGHT.  FOR POTA, FIELD
DAY, OR EMCOMM USE CASES, THE MPAS 2R0 IS A PERFECT GRAB AND GO
APPROACH.  THE ANTENNA DEPLOYS VERY RAPIDLY, AND I CAN BE ON THE AIR
WITHIN 5 TO 10 MINUTES NO FIDDLING AROUND.  JUST DEPLOY, HIT TUNE,
AND MAKE CONTACTS.  THE JAWS CLAMP OPTION IS A POWERFUL COMPONENT
THAT ALLOWS THE CLAMP TO BE USED IN MANY WAYS.  I HEARD ON THE LOCAL
REPEATERS ON THE WAY TO A PARK THAT 6 METERS WAS OPEN.  WHEN I GOT
THERE, I MOUNTED THE CLAMP TO A FENCE, ADDED THE TELESCOPIC ELEMENT,
AND MADE CONTACTS 5 MINUTES LATER.  WHEN I DECIDED TO SWITCH TO 20
METERS, I ADDED THE COUNTERPOISE, AND NO ADDITIONAL EFFORT WAS
NEEDED.  I ALSO USE THE BALUN MOUNT ON MY TRAILER HITCH FOR A
SLOPER, AND CAN THROW THE WIRE INTO A TREE USING MY HOCKEY PUCK
THROWING AID.  PRODUCT SUPPORT PRODUCT SUPPORT HAS BEEN FANTASTIC,
AND WITH YEARS OF USE, I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY ISSUES WITH OTHER
CHAMELEON ANTENNA PRODUCTS.  NOT ONLY DOES THE SUPPLIED HANDBOOK
PROVIDE PROPAGATION INFORMATION AND BEST SUITED ANTENNA TYPES, BUT
DETAILED CONFIGURATION DIAGRAMS AID IN DEPLOYMENT.  THE HANDBOOK
ALSO PROVIDES SWR AND FAR FIELD ANTENNA PLOTS.  SEE FIGURE 12 FOR A
9 FOOT SWR SWEEP, AND FIGURE 13 FOR A 73 FOOT SWR
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