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Re: [TowerTalk] OWA Inventor?

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] OWA Inventor?
From: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 05:11:08 -0800
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On 12/13/13 4:07 AM, john@kk9a.com wrote:
There is only one driven element on an OWA antenna. I think the biggest
advantage is the direct 50 ohm feed. No match is needed making it easier
to build and there are no match losses. It is easy to design a yagi with a
wide bandwidth with >50 impedance however that is not referred to as OWA.


and, the trade, as always, is that the gain is slightly less, and the F/B & F/R (aka sidelobe levels) will be worse, particularly at band edges

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