"Rick" wrote in message
...
Sometimes on the HF bands you will hear a conversation that goes something
like this:

"The antenna here is an extended double Zepp, hung up between two pine
trees,
fed with 100 feet of open wire line."
Or
"The antenna here is a tribander up 50 feet on a crank up tower."

And the guy on the other side of the QSO will reply, "That antenna is
doing a
geat job for you, you're 5 and 9 here."

My question is, How does he know? How does he know the antenna is doing a
great job? Because he hears you 5 by 9?

Hey, Rick -- You're 5-9 on my monitor. Your keyboard is working great! ;-)
I agree, it's just become a ragchewing convention.

"Sal"