At 18:39 22/07/98 -0500, you wrote:
SNIP
>However, if you have just a dipole or a vertical,
>you are much better off investing a few hundred bucks in a really good
>antenna and purchase a 1 KW amp for less than a 1.5KW. a six dB
>improvement in TX AND RX gain is far better than just a 1.75 dB
>improvement in TX power.
Very well put. It's unfortunate some can't put up a real antenna due to
zoning rules.
SNIP
>But 1.75 dB might make a difference in some rare instances. Those are
>pretty rare. If it makes such a tremendous difference all the time, then
>why am I able to work rare DX with 100 Watts?
You are a patient man Jon Ogden!
Seriously, once the 50 or so big-guns in the pile-up are out of the way its
easy for the rest ... if you can wait that long ... and the dx stays around
that long!
73 ... Bob, ZL1RS
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