Unless I misunderstand (always a possibility) you compared a coil-loaded
vertical to a wire inverted vee. Is this correct?
If so, you are not determining the effects of loading coil loss, you are
determining that a vertical antenna is different from a (nominally) horizontal
antenna. It takes no experimentation to know this.
On 7/21/2015 3:08 PM, Rick M0LEP wrote:
That is exactly what I did, with the help of a friend a reasonable
distance away with a reasonable S-meter, repeated antenna swapping, and
a little help from skimmers on the RBN for control. I'm pretty sure the
difference is real. I'd rather carry a lightweight telescopic pole with
the means to guy it, and use an inverted-V dipole than trust that loaded
vertical to get me contacts.
On Tue 21 Jul Wes (N7WS) wrote:
In other words, take measurements of antenna one, remove it and
replace it with antenna two and note the change. Any other comparison
is uncontrolled and suspect.
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