> We hear lots of stories these days of the big station layouts, monster
> antenna setups, operators with so many beverages or arrays that
> they're able to discern the direction of incoming signals via skewed
> paths, and pronouncements from gurus about "the only antennas that
> will work DX on 160."
I haven't EVER seen a single case where anyone has ever said a
particular antenna "won't work".
All antennas work to some extent, if they are radiating. For
example I have worked VK's that were mobile using 100 watts and
small mobile antennas, and I have worked VK using the same.
Does a well-constructed mobile antenna work as well as a GAP
vertical? Probably.
Does it work as well as an Inverted L with 30 radials? Almost
certainly not!
Virtually ALL of the comments I see here simply are saying one
thing works BETTER than another thing, not that they are
absolutely required.
I've never seen anyone say any antennas "can't work" or "will never
work", and it is indeed very unfortunate if people misinterpret
comments like "it does not work that way" or "it doesn't work as
well as xxxx" as meaning "it does not work at all".
73, Tom W8JI
W8JI@contesting.com
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