That sounds like confirmation bias. When conditions are good you can work the world on a wet noodle. When they are not good you need a kilowatt and an aviation hazard stack in the back yard. That's like saying "works great!" Only if you have not tried something that works greater. :)
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-Jim
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On Mon, 26 Feb 2024 18:45:34 +0100 (CET)
"Peter Voelpel" <dj7ww@...> wrote:
I always need to laugh when I hear such argument for an "antenna".
I several times worked a VK station on the long path who was using a whip on his bicycle and 20W in SSB.
Is that antenna better or worse considering the much greter distance ?
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Peter
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Betreff: Re: [nanovna-users] where is the end fed natural resonance
Datum: 2024-02-26T18:18:45+0100
Von: "Mike" <mail@...>
An: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Sorry for straying off the OP's topic but ...
I've never known an antenna polarise amateurs like the EFHW (pun intended).
Those who've built one properly love it. Those who haven't say it doesn't work. I've had QSOs from Texas in the west to Jakarta in the east on 100W SSB with my antenna at my QTH west of London.
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-Jim
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Jim Shorney