On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 16:27:40 -0500, Dave Bushong wrote:

A plain dipole 76 feet above perfect ground has a gain of about 8.6 dBi

Is that true? I've always heard it was slightly over two dB. I re-read
your post and I don't think I'm taking what you said out of context. Did I?

Hi Dave,

Wrong context. Not many can hoist a dipole that high, and finding
perfect ground is even more difficult to find - but once they do, that
2+ dB is undoubtedly measured in dBd (which is to say, compared to a
dipole in free space) which at least one of your links uses also.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC