[TowerTalk] Truth, Fiction, or Fantasy?

[Ken WA8JXM]

60% ?  That would be the ones not on the air.
30% ?  Those are the ones using Baofeng handhelds with no idea what the
rubber duckie does.
10% ?  Those might be the ones actually using an hf antenna and I rarely
work anyone who says they are using any end fed antenna other than a
regular vertical.

yummv

73, Ken  WA8JXM

On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 2:44 PM Edward Mccann via TowerTalk <
towertalk at contesting.com> wrote:

>
> This was recently posted on the internet by one of hamdom’s self
> appointed experts:
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>       “The Joe Hams of this world . . . where currently 60% of them seem
> to be quite happy with an EFHW antenna, 30% with an EFRW (Random Wire)
> antenna, and 10% understand antenna technology.”
>
> Is this anywhere near accurate?
> Could it possibly be so?
>
> Are 60% of the 779,545 US hams (467,727) and 60% of the 3.345 million
> World-wide hams (2 million) really “happy with” or “using” an EFHW?
>
> Or another 30% (233,863 in the US and 1 million World-wide ) “happy with”
> or “using” an end-fed random wire?
>
> That leaves only 334,569 who understand antenna technology!
> Even with a ballot with room for write-in candidates!!
>
> I must have missed the survey, and certainly wouldn’t have answered “yes”
> to the “are you happy with an end-fed half wave or random wire.”
>
> Comments?
>
> AG6CX
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