Posted by
w7aqk on
Aug 08, 2019; 1:51pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Re-AX1-Loaded-Whip-Antenna-Elevation-and-tp7654337.html
Dave And All,
Hmmm! I don't quite understand that statement. Why would you worry about
every dB at your home station but not necessarily be concerned on a portable
setup??? I guess maybe you are saying that, when operating portable, just
get the best antenna possible as opposed to a lesser one. Well, that's
ideally true, but "you do with what you got"! Whatever antenna you might
have for portable use, you want to squeeze every dB you can out of it! I
tend to think it could be even more important when operating portable since
you already apt to be weaker, and that last dB may be the one that gets you
heard! Home station operators might actually ignore such issues since they
may already be more than loud enough to be heard. QRP/portable operators
tend to not have that luxury.
Dave W7AQK
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From: David Gilbert <
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Doesn't much matter.? You're still talking a 3 dB difference at most (50
feet vs 30 feet), and while I will be the first to argue the benefit of
every single dB for normal station operation (see
http://www.ab7e.com/weak_signal/mdd.html), I don't understand the angxt
over that 3 dB for portable operation.? If that's actually a concern,
bring a better antenna.
73,
Dave?? AB7E
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