Billy Burpelson wrote:

...
Say what?

He said he "ain't here to be a ham", so why would he want to transmit?

Well, consider me a "different type of ham." In that, I always
construct my antennas to receive the best signal for the application at
hand, ALWAYS--transmitting is only a secondary consideration. As, I
have never found an antenna which has been found to receive the most
efficiently fail to do so in xmit mode. Given both xmitter and receiver
have the same input impedances ...

I do, frequently, see hams adjust the antenna, and its' type, for the
xmitter--and the best readings which can be obtained in that mode. I
pay far more attention to how the antenna receives ... I can always
crank up power on this end, should I ever find it necessary--I don't
know what the guys capabilities on the other end is/are ...

Regards,
JS