Re: HAPPY 4th!!! ladder test question?
First, feel free to do a ladder test at whatever range you desire, but words from Dan Newberry himself:
<span style="font-style: italic">I think ladder tests can sometimes work well if you repeat the test at least three times in calm wind. But I still favor 100 yard OCW testing to find the really stable nodes. I don't have to worry about wind (that much) and it's always easier to set up at 100 yards, as opposed to 300 or farther. The loads I've identified with certainty as OCW loads at 100 yards have never failed to please at longer ranges--in some cases, even to 1000 yards. Dan</span>
There are just so many things that can and will go wrong, @ 600 yds. for a ladder test to be accurate at that range.
IMHO only. I like shorter ranges for a ladder test, like 100 yds.
Bob