[Antennas] Ground Mounted Vertical Radials

Fri Aug 22 13:13:45 EDT 2008

Clete,
As I always try to be very careful with measurements, I've trusted my
measurements but I've often been surprised when I try to reproduce the
measurement. It more than offen turns up that when I repeat the
experiment, it doesn't work again. This is most often caused by my
not carefully noting the structure and circuitry and environment of
the antenna. I've learned even to write down the weather in my lab
notebook. I have a very fine fountain pen with very dark black ink
and I write as slowly as practical so it comes out very neat (a
discipline in itself) in a bound lab notebook. I've learned to note
everything. Surrounding structures, materials used, and the typical
notes on the antenna structure and insulator materials and lengths -
and also the weather.
You really never know what you will discover with a new design - most
of the time it crashes and burns, but sometimes it soars like an
eagle.
73
DR
On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:13 AM, C Whitaker <whitaker at pa.net> wrote:
> de WB2CPN

Never trust empirical data, unless you're the one who collected it.
73 Clete