You should definitely expect the difference between two antennas to be
the same in terms of signal strength for transmitting and receiving.
However, the antenna which produces the stronger signal isn't
necessarily the better receiving antenna. What counts when receiving is
signal/noise ratio, and the the antenna producing the strongest signal
may well produce a worse signal/noise ratio.

Doing transmit signal tests is entirely useless unless you happen across
someone with a step attenuator who knows how to use it, and the patience
to make many measurements as QSB fades you in and out. A friend of mine
gets perverse pleasure out of the dramatic differences other people
report between "antenna A" and "antenna B", when they're actually the
same antenna.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL

Rick (W-A-one-R-K-T) wrote:
On Sat, 12 May 2007 13:33:16 -0700, Roy Lewallen wrote:

Do you expect them to be different? Why?

Good evening Roy...

Well, yeah... sorta...

Wouldn't one normally expect a "better" antenna to be "better" on receive
(i.e. give a stronger received signal) as well as on transmit?