Appreciate those comments/thought, Tom.... I was merely stating/replying that I appreciated his concise, "K.I.S.S. sort of encapsulation" of what he did ad works for him. I am totally aware of the "one size doesn't fit all" heuristic and appreciate your "reminder." Tnx, 72 de Jim R. K9JWV
> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 12:53:53 -0500 > Subject: Re: Topband: [Bulk] Re: Phased short vertical receive antenna system > > > Good info, Grant - the sort of concise "here's what I did that works" info > > needed. > > > > 72, Jim R. K9JWV > > > Jim (and all), > > Almost always, the warnings and guidelines for various systems depend on how > conservative the designer or manual writer is. Things should never be taken > as being "cast in concrete". > > Part of this occurs because "works" is always subjective, what one person is > happy with and thinks he set the world on fire with is never the same as > what someone else is happy with. > > Part of this is because installations have different things in and around > the antenna that might bothering the antenna system. No two systems, unless > they are out in the open over similar earth, act exactly the same. > > This is why some companies sell 1/4 wave verticals, or worse 43 ft > verticals, and promise the world with no radials or minimal radials, and why > other companies might tell customers them need more radials. It isn't that > one antenna system of a similar style is necessarily less critical. The real > reason is often that whoever wrote the instructions or advertising was more > liberal or more conservative in claims or warnings. > > There was a remark a week ago about an antenna system not being supposed to > work with a house in the middle of the array. Whether a house bothered the > array or not actually depended far more on the particular house and what is > inside the house than it does on the array. > > Unless a system is over open clear flat soil of a given type, bad things > might sometimes happen. Since no one ever knows how a location or things in > the location affect an installation, guidelines might wind up too > conservative. Some guidelines can be far too loose. > > I can say this, the DXE stuff is absolutely better...installation being > equal. That doesn't mean it is always noticeable, or that something else > won't work. Being better doesn't mean something else won't work almost the > same, and it doesn't mean it will work the same. It just means better. > > My K3 is far better than my Yaesu stuff for what I do. Doesn't mean I always > notice it, or that someone else might ever notice it, and it doesn't mean > someone else just hates Elecraft and loves the same Yaesu's I have. :) > > 73 Tom > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
