> rick martin wrote: > dBi.... Ringo Ranger and the use of dBi.... I like it to a subterranean isotropic radiator. > I think a Heathkit cantenna radiates better.
Let us not be too caustic, folks: I had occasion to slap one up for a 'quicky' packet station -- tuned with a tape-measure, ty-wrapped to a pipe, and raggidy coax (with two couplings), and decent weather .. in theory, the worst of EVERYTHING wrong. Turned out to be a monster performer. Still is -- 18 years later -- go figgure. <g>
