Qualitative or Quantitative...Let me get this straight. If I call CQ and the band is open to Europe on 160 and nobody replies after a couple of hours with my TX antenna #1 with no replies and after switching to antenna #2 I work a dozen stations in rapid succession, that should tell me something.
Yes. It will tell you one or more of the following:
1.) The band opened 2.) Distant noise dropped 3.) Someone spotted you 4.) People woke up from a nice sleep 5.) One of the antennas was much worse than the other
A good way to test a TX antenna is to listen to one of the many SDR receivers available on line and you can her the A/B results for yourself without the G5RV effect.
That's true, but it has to be done over time and on multiple nights. _______________________________________________ Topband reflector - topband@contesting.com