Rich - While I would like to be able to say that I have taken exhaustive field strength readings in all directions on all bands at appropriate distances, such is not the case ... nor will it ever be. I base my performance assessment on reception reports (PSKreporter, etc.) and actual QSOs compared to what I would predict based on NEC pattern data along with predicted propagation.
The bottom line is that I have WAS on 160, 80, 40, 30 and 20 meters, DXCC (actually 145 countries) and a host of other "awards" that just popped up in the normal course of having fun and hamming it up. And most of that was with 100 watts or less, and all of it in the 14 months since I put up this antenna. For me, that IS the whole picture. 73 Lyn, W0LEN -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Rich NE1EE Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2020 5:09 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Matching resonant antennas This actually surfaces a question that I am currently wondering about with my own system...what is measured performance here? I have a 40m EF wire about 20m in the air, and I wonder how effective it is at radiating. I have good SWR, and I get good signal reports, but wonder if that is the whole picture? ~R~ 72/73 de Rich NE1EE On the banks of the Piscataqua On 2020-07-17 20:18:-0500, Lyn Norstad wrote: >The measured performance indicates excellent radiation on all bands. > >73 >Lyn, W0LEN ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to l...@lnainc.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
