Originally Posted By: KG2V
All this stuff is 'old hat' to hams who have studied it (not all have) It's PART of the reasons hams have been known to be able to get signals through, we tend to know the issues. Unfortunately, a lot of hams today haven't learned. Hams USED to even practice getting on organized nets for 'traffic handling' - basically how not to step on each other, and get a message through


I know very little about antennas, unfortunately. But I do know a lot of hams who practice using organized nets. I think it's more common in the HF bands than VHF/UHF bands.