Topband: Effect of trees- tree appreciation

[Charlie Cunningham]

Hi, Bill

I've met you in  the past - I believe at some of the "Swan" meetings with
K4CIA and others here in Raleigh.

I was first Licensed as KN4OTV in 1957, when I had just turned 13. I saw
your post today on the topband reflector and I looked you up on QRZ.com.

I remember when KN4RID made DXCC in 1958, but I didn't realize until today
that KN4RID was you!!  Small world, I guess!! I remember how impressed I was
because back then, the  Novice license was issued for 1 year, so a person
would really have had to scramble to get 100 worked and confirmed in a
year!! FB!!

73,
Charlie, K4OTV




-----Original Message-----
From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bill
Tippett
Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2013 1:20 PM
To: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Effect of trees- tree appreciation

W8JI wrote:

 >  My gut feeling is
the one that looks the best and takes the most work will make you feel like
you have the best signal you ever had, but no one else will notice the
change except you unless you tell them about all the work or they "like" a
particular antenna you are using.


K2XT replied:

 > This is a a very significant statement when you think about it.
Ask anyone you talk to on the air how he likes his antenna.
Most will say they like it, it's doing great.
Ask them how they know.
If they understand your question you will get silence in response.
Because almost no one KNOWS, or even knows how it compares
to their previous antenna.  But how they FEEL about it determines their
satisfaction !

With the advent of ReverseBeacon.net, it's very easy to compare 
antennas with other stations.  I've been doing this after each major 
contest and have learned other things such as QSB cycle depth and
periodicity.

I also test multiple antennas at home by time-stamping my 
transmissions and then reviewing the RBN data.  This is so simple to 
do I don't know why anyone wouldn't use it to get comparative measurements.

73,  Bill  W4ZV 

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