Angier,

While your question seems to make sense, it does have a flaw in it's logic.
The transmitter and receiver are totally different circuits.  They perform
different functions also.  The transmitter pushes signals out over the cable
and antenna while the receiver is hopefully sensitive enough to pick up very
slight signals that come in contact with the antenna and cable.

This is a poor analogy, but it's sort of like saying shouldn't I be able to
do the same thing with a baseball bat and a baseball glove at the baseball
stadium?  Well, no....because the function of the baseball bat is different
then that of the baseball glove.  But, they are both used in the baseball
stadium.

Curtis Krouse

> This morning while working on the VS, I was able to listen to a
> conversation between the tower 3.65 miles away and a KingAir calling in
> for weather from 100+miles out. It may be a slight over simplification
> but all else being equal (big if), shouldn't your antenna work as well
> on the transmit side as the receive side? Any comments from RF guru's
> appreciated.
>
> Angier Ames