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April 25th 05, 04:48 AM

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"Richard Harrison" wrote in message
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Reg, G4FGQ wrote:
"Naturally, laboratories can differ one from another."

A lab may put its stamp of approval on your instrument, but your best
assurance may be measurement of known values. The temperature of
ice-water or the voltage of new dry cells, for example You usually can
try several dry cells for confirmation or averaging.

In antennas, one strategy for successful gain determination is
comparison with an antenna of known gain.

Whow, thats a good idea, write it up for QST. They are looking for pearls of
wisdom that can be useful for ham radio operators so that we may maintain our
perceived leadership of the art of antennas......'Compare with a antenna of known
gain'...... Revolutionary!
Now why hasn't any Guru on this group thought of this before today?

rest snipped

Well Art, as much as people may desire some sort of definitive "this
antenna performs exactly as....." statements, it would seem that they
aren't going to get them.

Which is to say that Richard's statement IS a pearl of wisdom, despite
being unsatisfactory in some peoples view.

- Mike KB3EIA -