Le Tue, 23 Aug 2005 12:38:15 -0400, Walter Maxwell a
écrit :

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Wih all due respect to Dick Bird, isn't 'South of France' in the
Mediterranean?

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(F8ND)
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Your message was plenty clear, JC, I was just trying to be funny.

I suspect Walt to be well aware of mediterranean part of France and of
the reputation of mediterranean guys, including about antenna
performances they claim. ;-)

I must suppose that gain antennas is eventually varying with latitude,
but I don't know why, even after past 30 years of ham radio and
reading of W2DU, W7EL, W8JI, DJ2LR, VE2CV, G6XN publications.

Or I missed something : perhaps the answer is in EH principles,
Magnetic Balun, MaxCom Matcher, Isotron or Bazooka antennas, steel
wool baluns and so on ... In this case, sure I need some 40 years more
of hard job around aerials.

But I do respect Dick Bird, he made great contributions to the field
of dx antennas.

I do also respect Dick Bird. He made great contributions to the field
of dx antennas for numerous french newcomers issued from CB world
during the nineties and dreaming of the ultimate new big gun antenna
with minimum obstruction, work and expense.

in France, some of the last contributions of Dick were :
- Les antennes "supergain" (05-06/1990)
- L'antenne "ShoeBox" (02/1993)
- Beam "Trigonal" à Grand Gain (04/1993)
(in MEGAHERTZ Magazine.)

I apologize for my english expression.

Francis, F6AWN