[TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 231, Issue 13

[David Gilbert]

I'm really surprised to keep seeing that comment these days, when 
everyone should by now know that antennas are more or less reciprocal 
for transmit and receive.  The average ham on the other end is most 
likely running similar rigs and similar power to your 150 watts, and 
that means that signals should be roughly the same either way no matter 
how good or how bad your antenna is.  If you're using a good antenna 
that hears well you are almost certainly putting out a decent signal 
with it.  If you're using a poor antenna that doesn't transmit well, it 
just means you aren't hearing a lot of stations you'd be able to work if 
you had a better antenna.

This stuff is pretty basic ....

73,
Dave   AB7E



On 3/19/2022 4:36 PM, wa1fcn wrote:
> All I can say is if I can hear it, I usually can work it!