Topband: small antennas

Ken Brown ken.d.brown at hawaiiantel.net
Sat Jan 31 21:49:47 EST 2009


Jim Brown wrote:
>  More height, more top loading, 
> more copper on the ground, more copper close to the feedpoint is 
> more important than longer radials. Don't worry about SWR, just do 
> the best you can with what you've got,
In fact, as you add radials reducing the ground loss resistance and 
increasing the efficiency, the SWR will increase, assuming 50 ohm coax 
with no matching network at the base.

DE N6KB



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