"Jerry Stuckle" wrote in message
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On 11/14/2014 12:34 PM, wrote:
You ignore the fact this is an idealized environment. That is NEVER the
case in a real installation.
I have WAS on 75 SSB (from Iowa) with an inverted Vee. The top was only
50' in the air. And late at night in the wintertime I had pretty solid
communications over much of the continental U.S. (back in the late 70's
and early 80's).
Antennas NEVER work "as predicted" - and anyone who claims they do does
not understand antenna operation.
Antennas 'always' work as predicted. People just don't always factor in
everything in the prediction. Just as I worked a station on 432 MHz with 25
watts to a 1/4 wave ground plane that was about 1000 miles away. Nice bit
of tropo that day.
I bet I could put up a g5rv at 30 feet on some rare country and get loads of
5/9 signals no mater how many times the calls had to be repeatd.
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