Topband: 160m Inverted L High SWR
Tom W8JI
w8ji at w8ji.com
Wed Oct 2 13:50:44 EDT 2013
> I thought the "Q" of the antenna was not vry good since the SWR
> curve is vry broad.
Q means many things. Some things might be good, some things might be bad,
and some things are just meaningless.
SWR bandwidth by itself does not tell you a thing about antenna efficiency
or performance. SWR bandwidth is SWR bandwidth, nothing more or less. A
narrow antenna can have terrible efficiency, and a broad antenna can have
great efficiency. It can also be the other way around.
Beware of anything equating radiation performance to SWR bandwidth.
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