Topband: It is not so much propagation

[Milt -- N5IA]

Hey J Carlos,

No one said the small, partial lot RX antennas didn't work, and work well 
for what they are.

The point is, and in particular looking at your and Doug's cases, how many 
more would you have worked (and more easily) with REAL Beverages to listen 
with?

To turn the coin around, you folks on the east coast work 2-3 or more times 
the stuff with a simple dipole, sloper or Inv L TX antenna than we out west 
can with large arrays.  At the same time we hear LOTS of stations with the 
Beverages that we cannot work with LARGE TX antennas.

The difference between the Beverages and the compromise, small space 
antennas, is IMHO (disclaimer), very large.  There is NO substitute for BIG 
on Topband, so long as BIG is properly constructed.  The laws of physics 
cannot be defied.  And that includes acreage.

Mis dos centavos,

de Milt, N5IA


-----Original Message----- 
From: N4IS
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 1:27 PM
To: 'topband'
Subject: Re: Topband: It is not so much propagation



> 4.  There is NO substitute for acreage.

Well, I need to disagree, I worked 257 new ones on 160m in the last 5 years
from my city lot in Ft Lauderdale using a pair of Waller Flags, one vertical
and another horizontal, however Doug NX4D worked #276 from 0.18 acre ( less
than 1/5 of acre) using his Waller Flag since 2003.

That's an incredible 1533 countries per acre !!


Regards
JCarlos
N4IS

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