That sounds like my experiences with my old buddy and mentor, retired US Army. He was in communications training in Japan after WW2 and until he retired. We met in 1965, on The Texas City Dike fishing at night. For over 30 years I spent most Wednesday with him fishing, shooting, hunting, or something to do with radios. Most of that was before computers, and the Internet for sure. He was a plane Jane sort of instructor however. He knew the technical side of communications, but he had to teach kids out of HS how to do stuff the Army way.
I don't know for sure either, but IMO...I'm not far off. If guys don't see that...then they don't even know or want to know how to judge simple modeling results.I give more information on the models I post than anybody. I might not do it well sometimes and that is my fault, I get it.
You made a correct comment to Homer the other day, and it was 100x more effective at setting him straight than it would have been...had I said the exact same words. There is a little friction between us, and I'm not sure I understand why. But I do think about it at times. He has told me his neighbor is a Ham of some class and they talk. Maybe some of my ideas were discounted by his mentor.
I can't think of one idea I posed to Homer that has ever failed to result in his seeing things the same way I have. My excitement about the A/P is one example, and another is my fascination with the end fed 1/2 wave, and AA5TB's ideas. Even though Yates says he doesn't have a good idea about the A99, I've tested ideas on the A99 more than any other real CB antenna I have. In a fit of rage or depression one time I destroyed over 10 years of notes on that one, along with all of my antenna work sheets.
The only reason I ever got into the study of CB antennas was because of hearing and seeing everything claimed in the hobby being blown unbelievably out of any common sense proportions.
So, I set out to see if I could duplicate all that, and that has always put me on the opposite side of the claims.
I was searching for "WHAT IF" while you were figuring out "WHY."
