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Re: [TowerTalk] Wire Diameter and Signal Gain

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Wire Diameter and Signal Gain
From: Steve Hunt <steve@karinya.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:19:31 +0000
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Not even that!

EZNEC says 0.04dB going from #14 to #6 on a 20m dipole.

73,
Steve G3TXQ

WA3GIN wrote:
>     
> Hi Folks,
>
> I was reading in an old antenna book that changing the diameter of a wire 
> dipole from # 14 guage to # 6 would add 
> 6db gain to the antenna.  Was that a typo?  Did they mean to say .6db?
>
> I use 2" irrigation tubing for the 40m rotating dipole, so I suppose if I 
> follow the thought process in this old book my antenna is prolly worth about 
> 60db, haha.
>
> 73,
> dave
> wa3gin
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