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Homer in re-reading this old thread, I'm sorry if i came across disagreeing with you. I kept hearing the words "capture area," and I just don't think, within reason, our CB antennas typically suffer or show performance benefits due to this phenomena we can't easily determine. IMO, this is just another scientific fact that show effects that tend to be very small, but when CB operators get the info...they blow the details up into a big deal.

Homer, I ran each of the 36' foot models in Free Space and determined the Average Gain error result for each model. All but the CF 0.50 wave showed fractional (-) error differences in the gain, which showed the models gain was slightly understated. So, the small (-) error factors reported...needed to be added to the reported gain for each model.

(-) error = understated gain
(+) error = overstated gain

Corrected gain:
0.25 = 6.99
0.50 CF = 7.61
0.50 EF = 7.60
0.625 = 7.08

<blockquote data-quote="Marconi" data-source="post: 706780" data-attributes="member: 903">Homer in re-reading this old thread, I&#039;m sorry if i came across disagreeing with you. I kept hearing the words &quot;capture area,&quot; and I just don&#039;t think, within reason, our CB antennas typically suffer or show performance benefits due to this phenomena we can&#039;t easily determine. IMO, this is just another scientific fact that show effects that tend to be very small, but when CB operators get the info...they blow the details up into a big deal.Homer, I ran each of the 36&#039; foot models in Free Space and determined the Average Gain error result for each model. All but the CF 0.50 wave showed fractional (-) error differences in the gain, which showed the models gain was slightly understated. So, the small (-) error factors reported...needed to be added to the reported gain for each model.(-) error = understated gain(+) error = overstated gainCorrected gain:0.25 = 6.990.50 CF = 7.610.50 EF = 7.600.625 = 7.08</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marconi, post: 706780, member: 903"] Homer in re-reading this old thread, I'm sorry if i came across disagreeing with you. I kept hearing the words "capture area," and I just don't think, within reason, our CB antennas typically suffer or show performance benefits due to this phenomena we can't easily determine.[B] IMO, this is just another scientific fact that show effects that tend to be very small, but when CB operators get the info...they blow the details up into a big deal.[/B] Homer, I ran each of the 36' foot models in Free Space and determined the Average Gain error result for each model. All but the CF 0.50 wave showed fractional (-) error differences in the gain, which showed the models gain was slightly understated. So, the small (-) error factors reported...needed to be added to the reported gain for each model. (-) error = understated gain (+) error = overstated gain Corrected gain: 0.25 = 6.99 0.50 CF = 7.61 0.50 EF = 7.60 0.625 = 7.08 [/QUOTE]

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