It's an epidemic in the ham community and has been for decades. An antenna, and the line that connects it, is the heart of a ham station. I'd much rather run an old hand-me-down rig with a properly installed antenna than a multi-thousand dollar rig and a garbage antenna or feedline. And the antenna doesn't have to be BIG -- it just needs to be installed RIGHT.
Steve, KW4H
Tucson, AZ
?On 8/23/21, 9:19 AM, "
[email protected] on behalf of Dave (NK7Z)" <
[email protected] on behalf of dave@...> wrote:
or reuse a PL259...
73, and thanks,
Dave (NK7Z)
ARRL Volunteer Examiner
ARRL Technical Specialist, RFI
ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources
On 8/23/21 8:49 AM, M0PWX wrote:
> Gets worse,
>
> They spend thousand on a rig, mega bucks on antenna and tower, then feed
> it with a 30 year old RG58 from their scrap box then moan everything is
> rubbish
>
> 73
>
> Peter
>
> M0PWX
>
> Sent from Mail <> for Windows
>
> *From: *Martin via groups.io
> *Sent: *23 August 2021 15:05
>
> On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 02:37 PM, Dave (NK7Z) wrote:
>
> The authors add, there are a number of other symptoms involved in
> this sadly debilitating disease
>
> Yeh, like spending thousands on a new radio, but still using the
> cheapest bit of wet string available as the antenna.
>
> Regards,
>
> Martin
>
>
