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I've actually been frustrated a few times before because of the wide range of experiences between users of identical antennae. Each installation is unique, pretty much without exception, and there are so many environmental variables that can affect your performance, some of them very subtle but affect things greatly. The propagation conditions vary hugely as well so each day will produce different results, sometimes every hour even. I've had what I consider to be some excellent antenna installations in the past, and there have been times where I would swear I couldn't talk down the street, both transmitting and receiving. For me antennae are one of the most difficult parts of radio to fully understand. That's not to say that you need to have full understanding to get good results, but there are a plethora of variables involved in predicting their behavior.

<blockquote data-quote="eagle1911" data-source="post: 281921" data-attributes="member: 17129"><p>I&#039;ve actually been frustrated a few times before because of the wide range of experiences between users of identical antennae. Each installation is unique, pretty much without exception, and there are so many environmental variables that can affect your performance, some of them very subtle but affect things greatly. The propagation conditions vary hugely as well so each day will produce different results, sometimes every hour even. I&#039;ve had what I consider to be some excellent antenna installations in the past, and there have been times where I would swear I couldn&#039;t talk down the street, both transmitting and receiving. For me antennae are one of the most difficult parts of radio to fully understand. That&#039;s not to say that you need to have full understanding to get good results, but there are a plethora of variables involved in predicting their behavior.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="eagle1911, post: 281921, member: 17129"] I've actually been frustrated a few times before because of the wide range of experiences between users of identical antennae. Each installation is unique, pretty much without exception, and there are so many environmental variables that can affect your performance, some of them very subtle but affect things greatly. The propagation conditions vary hugely as well so each day will produce different results, sometimes every hour even. I've had what I consider to be some excellent antenna installations in the past, and there have been times where I would swear I couldn't talk down the street, both transmitting and receiving. For me antennae are one of the most difficult parts of radio to fully understand. That's not to say that you need to have full understanding to get good results, but there are a plethora of variables involved in predicting their behavior. [/QUOTE]

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