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Antennas / Re: Double Bazooka antenna plans
« on: July 25, 2013, 06:46:30 AM »
Most of the 'playing' with a bazooka antenna was before 'eHam' or the other review sites were around so I can only go by what I've read and experienced. Almost all of that 'testing' was done on 80 meters, that's where I hung out, and there were others there that used a bazooka type antenna too. I have to say that this sort of 'testing' was subjective, not objective in nature. I certainly didn't have the equipment and antenna range to do a really objective type of test.
Antenna comparison testing is very difficult to do objectively, there are just a huge number of variables involved in that and they can 'go' either way good/bad. 'On-the air' testing has got to be one of the most unreliable means of testing antennas. What if there's no one listening, what if there's too many listening? Anything around an antenna can affect how it behaves, so how can you have two antennas up at the same time, on the same band, and they not affect each other? That doesn't mean that I doubt what you experience doing this sort of testing! It does mean that it isn't exactly a 'take it to the bank' sort of test. It's subjective.
If a particular type/style of antenna works for you then by all means use it.
- Paul
Antenna comparison testing is very difficult to do objectively, there are just a huge number of variables involved in that and they can 'go' either way good/bad. 'On-the air' testing has got to be one of the most unreliable means of testing antennas. What if there's no one listening, what if there's too many listening? Anything around an antenna can affect how it behaves, so how can you have two antennas up at the same time, on the same band, and they not affect each other? That doesn't mean that I doubt what you experience doing this sort of testing! It does mean that it isn't exactly a 'take it to the bank' sort of test. It's subjective.
If a particular type/style of antenna works for you then by all means use it.
- Paul