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Topband: 160 Meters Mobile Antenna Suggestions

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Subject: Topband: 160 Meters Mobile Antenna Suggestions
From: w7ti at ispwest.com (Bill Turner)
Date: Sat May 10 12:26:55 2003
On Sat, 10 May 2003 06:30:40 -0400, you wrote:

>Contrary to popular rumor or opinion, bandwidth is not a good indicator of
>antenna efficiency. This is the case even in something that appears simple,
>such as a mobile antenna.

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I think bandwidth *is* a good indicator of mobile antenna efficiency,
provided you're comparing the same configuration and changing only the
coil.  Once you start adding capacity hats or changing the length of
the elements or other factors, then the bandwidth comparison becomes
meaningless.  I should have made that clear in my original statement.


-- 
Bill, W7TI

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