JFI

I remember when I was involved in a coverage test prediction for a VHF
(149MHz) paging service, a persons body was said to increase the
received signal to the pager. I think I remember 6dB over just putting
the unit on a 4ft stick!.

The pager unit itself of course didn't have a antenna anywhere near that
of a half wave. I think we used 0dB gain (implying a 6dB loss in the
pager by itself) but my memory is kind of foggy on this..

Maybe loose coupling and not worrying about your Z is the way to go. You
could always vary the dielectric between your radio and skin if you want
to experiment! Just rub on more suntan lotion and watch a beacon on the
S meter! grin

Cheers Bob VK2YQA

Anonymous wrote:
What is my impedance likely to be?