You'd be surprised how many wire antennas I've actually built over the
years, having tried several different ones each year for Field Day. You
can check the scores over the past 20 years to see what the result was
... mostly category 1B one or two op QRP. K7ZB and I even held the all
time 1B2op battery record for a couple of years at 10,000 points (set
back in 2000).
The difference is that I modeled almost every one of those antennas
ahead of time. The only thing I lost was the opportunity to waste a lot
of time and money ... while gaining a lot more understanding. The basic
version of EZNEC is free with the ARRL Antenna Book, so I'm not sure
what position would keep you from using it other than simply preferring
not to.
I suppose I could eventually build a small transmitter by wiring random
components together on a breadboard over and over again, but that
doesn't sound like "ham" radio to me either.
73,
Dave AB7E
On 7/11/2018 5:38 PM, Dan Bookwalter via TowerTalk wrote:
Jim
Oh I fully understand, but , I am not currently in a position to do that ... when I
get back to a point where I can put up a real antenna(s), I am sure I will ask
these questions ...but , I still like just winging something in the air and letting
er'rip so to speak...
My opinion may be out dated , but , I still maintain we have lost some of
that...
Dan
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On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 8:19 PM, Jim Brown<jim@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote: On 7/11/2018 5:08 PM, Dan Bookwalter via TowerTalk wrote:
I know everyone is onto modeling everything, I am in the camp of , put it up ,
give it a try , dont like it , try again ...
We have lost so much of the "ham" part of ham radio... I used to , and still do
, throw a wire out and see what you can do ... other than 160 and probably 80 , you can
work a suprising amount of stuff ..
My view is completely the opposite -- to me, ham radio is studying the
fundamentals and using that knowledge to build our stations, including
antennas, that work better. Wandering around in the dark is not part of
my view of ham radio.
73, Jim K9YC
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