[TenTec] gas on the fire

[Richards]

On 5/21/2012 3:47 PM, Paul DeWitte wrote:


> First, I think that if you modeled a ground mounted vertical and the same
> vertical at 330 feet above ground, you might find the radiation pattern
> (take off angle) would not be the same for the two installations (just my
> guess).


		This makes sense to me.   Can the NEC-based modeling
		programs do that ?   They seem to consider different
		ground conditions... but what if ground is 350 feet away ?

		Good question.


> Second, so far no one has said anything about grayline DX (or about that
> time) when some claim that a dipole works better than their vertical. This
> is on the low bands, dont know about higher freq.


		More of the mysteries of propagation ...  I think
		many hams know very little about the vagaries
		and effects of propagation --  and I am one who
		needs to learn more about this aspect of radio.
		Hams often talk about take-off pattern, yet blithely
		ignore what might be happening to the signal after
		it leaves the the back yard.
		


> About S meter accuracy. You either hear them or you dont. If you can hear
> them and work them, it dont make any difference what the S meter reads.
> I worked a lot of DX on my Omni C that did not move the S meter needle, but
> they made it into the log.


		I thought there was a school of thought that
		based the signal strength component of signal
		reports on S-meter readings - in which case it would
		matter to them whether or not S-meters were
		1)  accurate,  and 2) consistent between rigs.
		If so, then I think this would be a worthy topic
		for beating to death.      ;-)


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