Hello Mike (and crew)
> Re-read my note to
> David, which he posted to the reflector, and see if you still dissagree
with
> what was said and still feel my comments to be "ridiculous".
No, no, no, I'm sorry Mike, I was saying that the comparrison in the book
was ridiculous (being so unfair). not your particular comments. But I
suspect my characterization of it as being unfair was because of my
particular ham radio interests... read on.
> It's true in theory and in practice that a good long boom monobander (like
> Don's 20M 6L) at a height of 1.6 wavelength will have a significant low
angle
> lobe which is great for working DX. At the same time, however, the array
> which is optimized for DX will not work very well for short distance
> communications when the signals are arriving at a much higher angles.
Of course. And to a contester, and someone who wants reliable stateside
QSO's, this is important. I applied my own narrow interests (DXing and DX
contesting) to my criteria of what is a "better antenna", and what would be
a fair judgement between two antennas based on that. It's the farther-out
stuff that's important to me, and I'd compare two antennas based on that.
Under that criteria, however, I felt it was VERY unfair to compare a 30 foot
log at 60 feet height to a 60 foot monobander at 105 feet height.
I hope this clears up my comments, sorry for the confusion.
Lou AC0X
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