|
Bill
I learned a long time ago, particularly with respect to boat antennas, that there are no certainties. Used to keep a sked with a friend in Auckland on 20M and would often find myself at the marina at sked time. There were times he couldn't tell the difference in sig strength between my 1500W Alpha/80 ft high wide-spaced yagi at home and the 100W to a sloper off my masthead on the boat. Unfortunately, his signal was barely above the rather high noise level on board but consistently armchair copy at home so gain works both ways - the shoper has none and the yagi obviously does. It's all in what you do with it...
|