On 10/25/2012 11:51 AM, Tom W8JI wrote:
Qualitative or Quantitative...Let me get this straight. If I call CQ
and the band is open to Europe on 160 and nobody replies after a
couple of hours with my TX antenna #1 with no replies and after
switching to antenna #2 I work a dozen stations in rapid succession,
that should tell me something.
Yes. It will tell you one or more of the following:
1.) The band opened (/No because band was alive with many EU stations
I heard well while calling in vain)/
2.) Distant noise dropped (/Even if the same noise did not impair
other NA's working them?)/
3.) Someone spotted you (/No I self spotted my self earlier)/
4.) People woke up from a nice sleep (/No they were on wroking others)/
5.) One of the antennas was much worse than the other (/That I will
buy for sure)/
It's indisputable and irrefutable 160 meter antenna rule by empirical
analysis:: That which works best , works.
Correct?
A good way to test a TX antenna is to listen to one of the many SDR
receivers available on line and you can her the A/B results for
yourself without the G5RV effect.
That's true, but it has to be done over time and on multiple nights.
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