Topband: question about antenna bandwidth

Herb Schoenbohm herbs at vitelcom.net
Mon May 7 12:22:19 PDT 2012


Another rule for this is "the lower the Q of the matching network the 
greater the bandwidth."


Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ





On 5/7/2012 1:48 PM, Roy wrote:
> If I were to extend my 1/4-wave inverted-L to a 3/8-wave L, and tune
> out the inductance with a fixed capacitor at the base, what would this
> do to the broadbandedness of the antenna?
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> There is an old basic principle to remember about this, "The fewer the
> components in general, the broader the bandwidth."
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> 73,   Roy   K6XK
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