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Good points, Richard. Unless you have the proper equipment (and most of us
don't), you won't be able to measure your antenna's pattern anyway. Of
course, it's always nice to go for the best performance you can get, and I
certainly don't begrudge anyone who can make that happen.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 11:33
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
>
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