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Thanks for the help

All,

I wanted to thank everyone for the information! I think my main issue here is that I am a over analyzer, I know how to put an antenna together - but it just can't be as easy as the books say (I have the ARRL Antenna book and am now reading it front to back, ugh - but thats another story). I have been a Ham for years and have stuck with pre made antennas because of all of the discussions you see on antennas, there seems to be so many types and opinions to each type that it just always seemed easier to go with a proven performer (gotta love eHam reviews). But as I become more educated and want to understand more about different parts of the hobby, buying commercial antennas just doesn't cut it.

So thank you all again for your comments, I will be continuing down the path of educating myself on antennas and antenna design and hopefully will be able to make some that will work for me.

Thanks again,

Michael

<blockquote data-quote="N0WY" data-source="post: 313018" data-attributes="member: 14429">Thanks for the helpAll,I wanted to thank everyone for the information!&nbsp; I think my main issue here is that I am a over analyzer, I know how to put an antenna together - but it just can&#039;t be as easy as the books say (I have the ARRL Antenna book and am now reading it front to back, ugh - but thats another story).&nbsp; I have been a Ham for years and have stuck with pre made antennas because of all of the discussions you see on antennas, there seems to be so many types and opinions to each type that it just always seemed easier to go with a proven performer (gotta love eHam reviews).&nbsp; But as I become more educated and want to understand more about different parts of the hobby, buying commercial antennas just doesn&#039;t cut it.So thank you all again for your comments, I will be continuing down the path of&nbsp; educating myself on antennas and antenna design and hopefully will be able to make some that will work for me.Thanks again,Michael</blockquote>

[QUOTE="N0WY, post: 313018, member: 14429"] [b]Thanks for the help[/b] All, I wanted to thank everyone for the information! I think my main issue here is that I am a over analyzer, I know how to put an antenna together - but it just can't be as easy as the books say (I have the ARRL Antenna book and am now reading it front to back, ugh - but thats another story). I have been a Ham for years and have stuck with pre made antennas because of all of the discussions you see on antennas, there seems to be so many types and opinions to each type that it just always seemed easier to go with a proven performer (gotta love eHam reviews). But as I become more educated and want to understand more about different parts of the hobby, buying commercial antennas just doesn't cut it. So thank you all again for your comments, I will be continuing down the path of educating myself on antennas and antenna design and hopefully will be able to make some that will work for me. Thanks again, Michael [/QUOTE]

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