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Nice to see someone thinking the same way I do. It has often been said that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing and I believe it. Antenna gains and take off angles seem to be the worry of those that are inexperienced as they do not seen to fully realize what they REALLY mean and get too caught up in the numbers not realizing what difference those numbers really mean when translated into on air performance. The reality is that any antenna transmitting any TOA will work DX. Maybe not as often as a different antenna in less than ideal conditions but it will work DX. I can't even begin to tell you the crappy antennas I have used to work a couple thousand miles. What do you suppose the TOA is on a 20m Hamstick mounted on the trunk of a car a couple feet off the ground? Hell if I know but what I do know is it allowed me to work 3B9C via longpath for a distance of 15,000 miles with just 100 watts. I also worked all over Europe and southern Africa as well consistently. If that isn't DX on a crappy antenna then what is?

<blockquote data-quote="Captain Kilowatt" data-source="post: 365111" data-attributes="member: 39"><p>Nice to see someone thinking the same way I do. It has often been said that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing and I believe it. Antenna gains and take off angles seem to be the worry of those that are inexperienced as they do not seen to fully realize what they REALLY mean and get too caught up in the numbers not realizing what difference those numbers really mean when translated into on air performance. The reality is that any antenna transmitting any TOA will work DX. Maybe not as often as a different antenna in less than ideal conditions but it will work DX. I can&#039;t even begin to tell you the crappy antennas I have used to work a couple thousand miles. What do you suppose the TOA is on a 20m Hamstick mounted on the trunk of a car a couple feet off the ground? Hell if I know but what I do know is it allowed me to work 3B9C via longpath for a distance of 15,000 miles with just 100 watts. I also worked all over Europe and southern Africa as well consistently. If that isn&#039;t DX on a crappy antenna then what is?</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Captain Kilowatt, post: 365111, member: 39"] Nice to see someone thinking the same way I do. It has often been said that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing and I believe it. Antenna gains and take off angles seem to be the worry of those that are inexperienced as they do not seen to fully realize what they REALLY mean and get too caught up in the numbers not realizing what difference those numbers really mean when translated into on air performance. The reality is that any antenna transmitting any TOA will work DX. Maybe not as often as a different antenna in less than ideal conditions but it will work DX. I can't even begin to tell you the crappy antennas I have used to work a couple thousand miles. What do you suppose the TOA is on a 20m Hamstick mounted on the trunk of a car a couple feet off the ground? Hell if I know but what I do know is it allowed me to work 3B9C via longpath for a distance of 15,000 miles with just 100 watts. I also worked all over Europe and southern Africa as well consistently. If that isn't DX on a crappy antenna then what is? [/QUOTE]

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