[Lowfer] Medfer TX Loop Question(s)??

[Ashlock,William]

Mike,

>You know what I think, who cares if it is a bit big. As long as someone
>doesn't crank up a big amp, there won't be an interference problem. I bet
>many a Lowfer antenna is bootleg anyhow. Just so it doesn't get out of
hand.
>I hope the band goes amateur this year.

I couldn't disagree with you more!! I doubt if any of the 'regulars' are
running illegal antennas and/or power and I'm sure this comes across to them
as a bit of an insult. My comment below has to do with the "15m max"
provision in the Part 15 regulations. There are two camps that interpret
this differently, but they are both sincere in their reasons for their
interpretations - not an "FCC won't care anyway" attitude. The reason why I
hope the 160 to 190 band stays 1w (and my 15m interpretation of the antenna
size holds up) is that it puts everyone on a level playing field and any new
antenna design or digital signal processing technique, or whatever, gets a
full and complete test from 100s of different distances, and all sorts of
propagation conditions. That's what science and engineering development is
all about, and like it or not, that's what most of us are doing here on this
band.

Bill  


* Plan to have this completed by tomorrow night and flying 4 x #12 **over
the full 200ft**. (for *you purists, trouble markers, or just plain low-down
ornery folk: that's "15m max"
*geometric "length" in both horizontal and vertical directions).

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