On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 08:32:58 -0700, Bill Turner
wrote:
Try this:

1. Attend a meeting of your local DX club.

2. Announce in a loud voice that all their fancy beams have exactly
zero dB gain.

3. In addition, announce that when feedline losses are included, their
fancy beams actually have less gain than a dummy load (because of the
shorter feedline).

4. See how long it takes to receive an invitation to join the club.

:-)

All simply an argument for engineering through democratic vote. I
wouldn't cross a bridge designed that way.

I have a 100W transmitter, name me one antenna that will radiate more
than 100W from this source. Then we can put a "gain" figure to it.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC