Topband: Monopole Elev Pattern w.r.t. Earth Conductivity

[Herb Schoenbohm]

On 10/25/2012 11:51 AM, Tom W8JI wrote:
>> Qualitative or Quantitative...Let me get this straight.  If I call CQ 
>> and the band is open to Europe on 160 and nobody replies after a 
>> couple of hours with my TX antenna #1 with no replies and after 
>> switching to antenna #2 I work a dozen stations in rapid succession, 
>> that should tell me something. 
>
> Yes. It will tell you one or more of the following:
>
> 1.) The band opened (/No because band was alive with many EU stations 
> I heard well while calling in vain)/
> 2.) Distant noise dropped (/Even if the same noise did not impair 
> other NA's working them?)/
> 3.) Someone spotted you (/No I self spotted my self earlier)/
> 4.) People woke up from a nice sleep (/No they were on wroking others)/
> 5.) One of the antennas was much worse than the other (/That I will 
> buy for sure)/

It's indisputable and irrefutable 160 meter antenna rule by empirical 
analysis::  That which works best , works.

  Correct?
>
>
>> A good way to test a TX antenna is to listen to one of the many SDR 
>> receivers available on line and you can her the A/B results for 
>> yourself without the G5RV effect. 
>
> That's true, but it has to be done over time and on multiple nights.
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