Here's a non-scientific antidote to all this. A local ham ~25 miles
away tried to tell me there was no way we could work each other on SSB
since his antenna was horizontal and all I had at the time was a GP-9
vertical. I said ... try ... it was not a problem. I even had him
turn his yagi the other direction ... he could still hear me. not as
well of course but could hear me. I think that he must have scratched
his head for a month over this.
he too had fallen prey to tales from the spin doctor crypt.
--
Mike Urich KA5CVH
http://ka5cvh.com
PIO Harris County ARES
STX: (A)PIC Dist 1 & 14
100 watts and a wire.
"If serving is below you
Leadership is beyond you"
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