Ken Bessler wrote:
I don't get it - the premium antenna worked better except for
hearing my friend, where it worked worse. Anyone care to offer
an explanation?

Perhaps there was constructive multi-path interference
on your friend's signal at the location of the lower
antenna but not at the location of the higher antenna -
or vice versa. Or your friend was not located in the
plane of maximum gain of the higher gain antenna. That
2.7 dB of extra gain at one take-off-angle comes at the
expense of reduced gain at a other vertical angles.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp


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