[TowerTalk] Actual LP Performance vs Tribanders

[Pete Smith]

At 08:51 PM 6/25/2004, Tom Rauch wrote:

> > Gentlemen, Measuring the F/B of any HF antenna in the
>E-Plane only, is
> > at best a guess. The only true way to know the real F/B is
>measuring it
> > in the H-Plane, and there is the problem.
>
>I'll second that comment. The worse possible way to measure
>horizontally polarized HF or lower frequency antennas is at
>large distances over earth. The longer the distance, the
>more likely you are to have an error.

But let's ask a practical question.  If you are trying to evaluate a 
horizontally polarized antenna, either versus another or more generally, 
won't the relative signal to a station a mile or two away. as you rotate 
the antenna, give you some indication?

73, Pete N4ZR
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