On Jan 30, 2006, at 11:57 AM, Jim Miller wrote:
> Speaking of broadbanding and the possibility/probability of
> increased loss
> as the actual cause, does this apply to the dipole cut to a
> specific band
> and then running several wires in a box (for instance) configuration
> separated by a foot or so with spreaders at the ends and all driven
> and
> connected together on each end?
Yup, this will make the dipole more broadbanded, because it simulates
a single element of the same diameter.
> Does this add loss to the single wire
> dipole or does it simply make it more broadbanded without adding
> the loss?
No, with multiple wires there isn't an added loss.
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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