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"Tom" wrote:

Thanks Channel Jumper

I don't think my questions are "stupid".

First off, you didn't answer my last question, you sounded pretty
intelligent with your swaying me thoroughly into oblivia, completely around
my question.

It is obvious you understood the question, probably knew the answer, but
didn't answer my question. Remember Channel Jumper, radio wave propagation
and antenna theory was not what I majored in at the schools. I did graduate
you know. I mean a accredited university gave me my masters. Do you have any
accredation at all? Well then you cannot call me "stupid". I am willing to
bet my career required a lot more years of study than yours. And continuous
learning and upgrading. Yes, you are very knowledgable in regards to antenna
work, however follow me for a day and I am sure you would be asking a lot of
"stupid" questions.

I will ignore negative comments from you. But you still didn't answer my
last question, you brilliantly jigged right around it. Wouldn't touch it. I
figured you didn't know the answer yet it was on topic, about the coils of
the dipole, but you went right around it twice. Why not just say you don't
know the specific answer? Instead of trying to thrill me with your wealth of
knowledge on antenna design and engineering, I just wanted to know lengths
and widths. But you read a page from your first year electrical theory
course to me that went right around my question.


Channel Jumper may be a real smart Book Learned Radio Guru..... but he
doesn't know squat about Marine Antennas, and how well they work, on the
2 Meter Ham Band. Having spend a career in Marine Electronics on the
West Coast, and Alaska, I can state with 100% certainty, that a Marine
VHF Antenna, will certainly work, on 2 Meters, with very little
degradation, and about 90% of Radio Horizon to Radio Horizon coverage,
when the TX Power RF Output level is above 25 Watts. I have considerable
experience with designing, and installing, VHF Paths for Control & Comms
for the Fishing Industry, and Marine Coast Stations, all over the West
Coast and Alaska. I used 2 Meters to pioneer those paths, with Marine &
Business Antennas, before the appropriate Licenses were issued, for use
on the Marine and Business Frequencies. Never had a significant change
in Path Fade margins, or Path Loss Data, between the Pioneering
Frequencies, and the Final Operational Frequencies. Just Say'en....

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