On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 10:43:25 +0100, "F8BOE"
wrote:

Hoy!

Thank's for the very interresting link to the isotron reviews. It's nice to
see that citizen's band 's still living on...
Everyone decided to buy one and was pleased by the SWR... but none of them
seemed concerned about radiation patterns and loss (negative gain?), nor by
the classical "how does it work" question.

No they were all happy to kick 50W power in it to make DX with the guy in
the village nearby... DX begins at your door... But never heard about ground
wave propagation.

Nevermind... As far as everybody's happy, it's all good!

73 de F8BOE Olivier ...-.-



"Caveat Lector" a écrit dans le message de news:
RsyKd.3404$5t.454@fed1read07...
22 reviews from owners of the Isotron antennas at URL:
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/311

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Caveat Lector



Someone wrote
Howdy y'all.

I had to finally try one. Got a 40meter Isotron, put it up at about 15'.
It
does work.

Not sure how well, but it sends and hears. Worked a guiy in Cuba from
Awstin, TX and a K6 on CW. Not the greatest reports.

Anybody else tried them?

Just curious. Please no flames. This was idle curiosity.

GeorgeC
W2DB





When band conditions are excellent, even a dummy load will work. Most
non-amateurs and many amateurs don't understand this. In some cases
if an antenna works at all, it is great. Anything works better than
nothing. However, those of us who experiment with antennas quickly
learn that the throw of a switch will tell us how much better one
antenna is over another.

To some of us, an economical antenna that doesn't attract attention is
better than a more expensive high gain antenna. To some of us, only
the best performance antenna will suffice. A QRPp station can not
afford to have a high loss antenna where as a QROo station can
overcome the losses with power.


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Buck
N4PGW