[Mobile-Portable] New car and considering new antenna setup!

[Zyg Skrobanski]

>I have compared the diamond antenna against a homebrew 
>screwdriver on 40 meters, and someone giving me results from about 2 
>miles away.  The screwdriver won every time by at least 15 dB.

I have also compared my signal using the Comet with another ham just a few
hundred yards away who was using a screw driver and guess what, the distant
station reported that I was 2 S points stronger (that's 12 dB).

>Now of course if you want to discuss 10 meters, there conceivably would 
>not be much if any difference.   On 20 meters, the Comet might be almost 
>competitive with a screwdriver (although small coil with low Q should be 
>less effective)

That is the point I was trying to make when the original poster worried
about the perceived poor performance of the Diamond.  At no time did I
state that a screw driver doesn't work, all I was attempting to do was to
show that the Comet or the Diamond despite some handicaps also work very
well if installed correctly, and can outperform more expensive screwdrivers.

>I'm glad you get to run mobile 
>HF, it can be real fun, but your antenna is outperformed by most of the 
>other choices out there for HF on most bands, including the Hustler 
>Resonators.

On what basis do you make that claim, particularly since I let you verify
for yourself the excellent DX that can be worked with the Comet?
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Zyg AF4MP
Roswell GA USA