Subj : Re: Antenna To : Tom Walker From : James Bradley Date : Mon Jul 11 2005 09:37 pm 07-10-05 07:15, Tom Walker told Mike Ross about Re: Antenna How do, Tom? MR> MR>But there is a ground: the operator's body is one plate of a capacitor MR> MR>which forms the counterpoise or ground radial. MR> TW> In my Experience I have seen NO difference in "Recieving", Which MR> TW> after al is the TOPPIC of thoe discussion, between a Held Radio and a MR> TW> NON held one sitting on a plastic Card Table. MR>Who am I to argue with your personal experience? TW> In a lot of things things there differences between "Pure Theory" TW> and the real World. TW> I get a laugh about some of the Misconceptions in things. TW> Like some thinking that if they double the power of their radio they TW> will double the range. We've found a few am skip traces, mostly from Colorado on our travels. Last one was when Gulf War I was just tooling up, and they played an isolation of Linda McArtney mic. What a floorer. You thought Oko was bad? .... James ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: -=-= Calgary Organization CDN (403) 242-3221 (1:134/77) .