"Tom Horne" wrote in message
news:Md4Zi.36$WN2.29@trnddc08...
Is it possible to ask questions here without triggering an arcane debate
about competing views of theory. I'm about to find out. I asked earlier
in another thread what measuring instruments I would need to have the use
of in order to compare the effective radiated power of different antennas.
As near as I can tell there was no answer.

I built a collinear J pole using copper tubing. I'd like to know if it is
more or less effective at radiating whatever works to the stations I'd
like to be able to talk to under conditions of emergency operation then
say a collinear ground plane or any other omni directional antenna.

I would like to deploy the most effective practical antennas that field
testing can devise and not have to wait until the next breakthrough in
physics to be able to get my local governments Email out to my county's
government, the state government and the responding relief forces.

My question, again, is what measuring instruments can be effectively
applied to the comparison to provide results that will be born out by real
world performance. I have to admit that I find the endless theoretical
debate wearying. As long as it continuous then the newsgroup will be
useless to newer licensees, like my self, who would like to get some
"patient council to the beginner" from those of you who have been there
and done that. Before I have to go there and do that would be soon
enough.
--
Tom Horne, W3TDH

Tom

Get together with some friends and have them drive out and assess your
signal under real life conditions. Make a day of it and all get together in
the evening for a social gathering and to compare notes. You really need to
know whether it works okay or not, not what the 'S' meter is reading.

Mike G0ULI