And also the axiom that if your antenna didnt come down in the winter it wasn't
big enough.
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On Mar 7, 2013, at 10:15 AM, bruce whitney <zuceman@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Tom,
> It is a very well known fact that an antenna erected hastily in harsh
> conditions always outperforms one erected leisurely -nice warm day, no wind,
> lots of planning and help, etc.. Every Ham I know - is well aware of this. I
> can cite example after example - including temporary Field Day antennas
> erected in rainy windstorms that outperformed much larger home station
> arrays.
>
> In fact, to take advantage of this - I have been waiting and watching the
> weather reports for the worst, blinding snow storm of the season - to be
> absolutely sure that my next antenna project will outperform everything else
> I have at present.
>
> Then, you come along and inject all this thinking about objective reasoning,
> science and engineering into the mix to challenge many of the popular truths
> - it's just demoralizing... Don't be surprised if there are people that will
> feel violated or compromised in some way and will lash back.
> 73, Bruce W8RA
>
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>
> --- On Wed, 3/6/13, Tom W8JI <w8ji@w8ji.com> wrote:
>
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> From: Tom W8JI <w8ji@w8ji.com>
> Subject: Topband: Comparison testing
> To: topband@contesting.com
> Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 1:25 PM
>
>
> This reminds me of an experience I had with a new antenna. After working
> several days installing a new antenna, I attached it to an a/b switch to
> compare it with my old antenna. I was delighted, the new antenna was always
> better !!! Then to my dismay I saw I had the switch reversed ... oh boy... I
> changed the feeds, and continued the test. Guess what.. the new antenna was
> still always better.
> Lesson learned .... human nature and switching antennas in face of QSB.>>>
>
> There is more truth to that than most of us realize.
>
> I put up a G5RV about 100 feet in the air, and I used a pretty good feedline.
> Doing tests against a dipole on 75 meters, the antenna I called a "G5RV"
> would almost always get a worse report than the antenna I called a "dipole",
> even during the times when I called the antennas by the opposite names of
> what they really were.
>
> When I would do a test using "antenna 1" or "antenna 2", they were almost
> even.
>
> The most extraordinary thing was with a good friend who just absolutely hated
> G5RV antennas. He would say "your audio sounds worse on the "G5RV" " . This
> was true even when I called the dipole a G5RV, or didn't change antennas at
> all and just said I was changing.
>
> I really think this is why I installed a 300-foot tower just so I could have
> a high dipole. I "distinctly remembered' how well a 300-foot high dipole I
> had worked, and I wanted another one. After I installed the dipole here and
> compared it to a vertical and other antennas for a year or two, I finally
> remembered how well my old 1/4 wave vertical worked. :)
>
> This was eye opening to me.
>
> 73 Tom
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