[TowerTalk] perspective

[George Fremin III - K5TR]

On Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 09:06:33PM -0400, K3BU@aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 7/19/2000 8:18:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> w8ji@contesting.com writes:
> 
> > Once the system is limited by external 
> >  noise, gain is absolutely meaningless.
> >  
> 
> Yep, neaming south and hearing atmospheric noise from around the equator. 
> Then turn that antenna North and dig out those 10W JAs, and you will see if 
> gain is meaningless.

Most of the posts in response to W8JI seem to be missing his
point - including the above response by Yuri.  What 
Yuri is describing is the same as what W8JI is saying.
It is NOT the forward gain it is the PATTERN that makes
the diffrence.


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