Regardless of any particular user's success or failures, please indicate
the gain (or loss) with respect to an isotropic radiator (or a resonant
dipole in its greatest gain forward position).
I have heard claims of success with the Miracle Whip, and have seen a
lot of "it is a miracle that it radiates any signal at all" comments - I
am not moved by such claims (that also applies to many other antenna
manufacturers making similar statements) - show me the antenna patterns
and the reference levels with respect to either a dipole or an isotropic
radiator.
There are a lot of manufacturer's statements similar to "this antenna
has worked DXCC in less that 24 hours" or something similar. I do not
pay much attention to such claims, a $2 hunk of wire can be used to make
those contacts too.
BUT, if whatever particular portable antenna you choose is sufficiently
efficient for you, who am I to argue with your choice. My portable
preference is an inverted VEE supported with my 32 foot telescoping
fiberglass pole - it is either a full size resonant dipole on 80 through
6 meters (band set by jumpers), or it is a 44 foot dipole that needs a
tuner. I use both depending on my mood and the physical circumstances.
This is not pedestrian mobile, but then PM is not of current interest to me.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 11/29/2012 9:37 PM, Andrew Moore wrote:
I have no idea what this Miracle Whip is or what it cost, but if
Philip gained that much enjoyment from it and encouraged others,
sounds like he wins.
--Andrew
On Nov 29, 2012, at 9:16 PM, David Gilbert <xda...@cis-broadband.com> wrote:
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