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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