Joe S. wrote:
. . .
So -- what's the point? As I sit here and read the debates about this wire,
that vertical, some other yagi, yes/no on the Carolina Windom, advice on an
antenna for a 10-acre plot -- I can't help but think: If you have an
antenna, thank the gods because any antenna radiates better than no antenna.


The point is, that some people are satisfied with any antenna that
radiates. That's fine, nothing wrong with that, and it looks like that
describes you.

Some other folks are interested in making an antenna that radiates as
well as it can given whatever constraints that are applied (size of
yard, size of budget, directions of interest, etc.). Others are simply
interested in learning more about how antennas work. Those two groups
are the folks who usually hang out here.

You'll find the same thing on other newsgroups -- people in the
photography newsgroups aren't primarily snapshot-takers, the ones in the
(amateur) homebrew groups aren't the appliance operators, and the ones
in the (beer) homebrew groups aren't the Bud Lite swillers.

You might find topics which are more interesting to you on other
newsgroups or venues.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL