[TowerTalk] NVIS

[Rob Atkinson]

The problem with these antennas (one problem at least) is when they
are used by hams who don't understand the lack of reciprocity between
transmitting and receiving when using them.  They hear great but are
piss weak when they call me from 500 miles away, and they cannot
understand or believe it when I can barely copy them answering my CQ.
This is especially true on 160 m.

Rob
K5UJ

>Well part of the discussion has been why not 1/4 wave high since you gain some lower angle performance without losing any high angle. If one thinks about it in terms of low noise *receive* and doesn't need the lower >angle - that's why.

>-Steve K8LX

>On 06/11/20 11:44 AM, Tim Duffy wrote:

>>Hello Steve:

>>Yes it is NVIS. This is not a DX antenna! It's only purpose is for the WPA
>>section and PA statewide nets.

>>It is good for daytime communications out several hundred miles and really
>>good in close.

>>73
>>Tim K3LR