Dear Buck (N4PGW):

I am having a difficult time finding what I thought that I said in your
paraphrasing. Your bio on QRZ.COM does not indicate an interest in DX, so
it is possible that all of my comments were misdirected.

Perhaps the essence of what I was trying to say, in addition to agreeing
with Roy, is that it is desirable with (single) horizontally polarized
antennas at HF to have as much gain as possible appear in the direction that
is expected to be used for DX contacts. In turn, that suggests that it is
desirable to have a height above ground (or above the applicable "refection"
area) be between 2 and 3 wavelengths.

I do not recall writing anything about power amplifiers or something
called "one way propagation."

73 Mac N8TT
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J. Mc Laughlin; Michigan U.S.A.
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On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 15:35:21 -0500, "J. Mc Laughlin"
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73 Mac N8TT


Let me re-iterate what you said, assuming I understand it.

Art is saying that it is better to have a more accurate TOA than the
last db of antenna gain, but you are saying that a better s/n ratio
(as handled by the antenna) is better than the last db of gain.


snip
Correct me if I am wrong here.


--
Buck
N4PGW