>Pete Smith wrote:
><some stuff snipped>
>> Now let's see if I understand this -- we haul 75 pounds of aluminum up to
>> the top of your tower, for 3-4 dB gain over a dipole at the same height.
>> Or you stack two of the things, with rotors and other complexities, for
>> another 2 db. 6 dB = 1 S Unit. Are hams crazy or what?
No, hams are not crazy. Stacking antennas at HF is really done
not to get the 2 or so db of stacking gain it is to get
a better take off angle pattern - it is this change in pattern
that accounts for the 10 db changes in signals when switching
between the stacked antennas.
I keep telling folks that it is height above the ground that
makes the most diffrecne not the size of the antenna.
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