Richard, I agree, we have to work with what we have most often.
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From: "Richard Fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 11:33 AM
Subject: antennas etc


> Hi;
> My unprofessional opinion is that if the swr is reasonable and one gets
> reasonable signal reports and there isn't a high noise level then the
> antenna works.  True I understand the pattern may be something other
> than the manufacturer intended but unless you have those three acres
> someone mentioned in an earlier post, antennas tend to come down to how
> much antenna can I do given the real estate at hand which is often
> inadequate.  The unfortunate part of all this is you really don't know
> how things are going to play until you put the thing up and give it a try.
> just my two cents
>
> -- 
> richard