As pointed out by others here, we put up many antennas and used cheap, err inexpensive, gear and made lots of contacts and we didn't know our set-ups wouldn't work. Now we know they won't work. Why?
Well, once you "hit the wall" at maybe 150 countries or so, (or don't get the contest scores you want), you start to raise your standards. That inevitably increases your contact with theory and overr
Good point, .. I always wondered why some hams buy the best, most expensive radio they can afford, then put up the cheapest antenna or the most simplistic, dipole,etc. instead of looking and research
On 6/5/2013 12:55 PM, Larry Loen wrote: Well, once you "hit the wall" at maybe 150 countries or so, (or don't get the contest scores you want), you start to raise your standards. That inevitably incr
"Won't work" is an absolute term applied to a purely relative situation. If you had an antenna that somehow wasted 99% of your power (i.e., only one watt made it out of your antenna for every 100 wat
Use a light bulb as an antenna. Or even better, an array of three. It worked for Tom Schiller N6BT. I don't have his book handy (Array of Light) so I don't recall how many countries he worked. I work