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Re: [TenTec] Capture area (was 80 meter loops)

To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Capture area (was 80 meter loops)
From: Sinisa Hristov <shristov@ptt.yu>
Reply-to: tentec@contesting.com
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 16:10:35 -0500
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ac5e@comcast.net wrote:

> The effective capture area for relatively simple antennas such as a dipole is 
> still (spelled out since I can't get Greek letters out of this E-mail 
> program) "equal to a circle bounded by circle which is at a radial distance 
> from the dipole of Lambda/1.6 Pi.

...

This and all other numbers apply ONLY to the direction of maximum gain.
Capture area is very small for direction with low gain,
regardless of antenna size.


73,

Sinisa  YT1NT, VA3TTN
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