Great Don, You and I grew up in the same time era...... Now, I am wiser and have more CRS,,,,, Anyway, Here is my take on antennas in general. I have MANY that I can chose from at any time, HOWEVER, Some antennas "hear" better even if they are not as efficient as my transmitting antenna. The crazy thing is the good receiving antenna, when things get tough, are not the most efficient on transmit. Does that make sense? I hope so. Mel, K6KBE
From: Don Roberts via Elecraft <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> To: "Elecraft@mailman.qth.net" <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Sunday, September 9, 2018 12:27 PM Subject: [Elecraft] ARRL book on receiving antennas Having been a ham since 1956, I also agree from my experience, that I along with every ham I knew, used the same antenna to receive and transmit. From my first home brew one tube, through my first Globe Chief kit, through Globe Scout, NCX3, and Globe GTX 550, all in the 50/s and into the 60/s, and all had the same antenna for receive and transmit. I too, went from the dpdt knife switch, to the Dow Key relay. My QSL collection confirms this for the stations worked during that period. 73, Don W4CBS Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to farrerfo...@yahoo.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com