Not at all, Don. As I said earlier...factoring-in dishes is simply something that I've not included in the base proposal, but could be easily done with a little thought. The concept is sound, and I'l
It's not so easy. Calculate how far the above figures will actually get you distance-wise. Each band is going to be different. _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing li
If this is implemented there will be many who will stay with small antennas with broader patterns but run relativley high power (just to be able to stay in the "Low ERP" category). So then the bands
Maybe...but that strategy is something that they will find is counterproductive and eventually find a strategy that works better for them. The ERP-based proposal still allows us to be stupid if we w
Of course! :) The physics of RF comes into play (including the physics of band conditions, QSB, etc.) as a variable anyway -- as does operator skill. That is why I've also said that the challenge is