[TowerTalk] SteppIR 40/30

[david jordan]

One could argue that bending the element 90 degrees does not have the 
effects you discibe as linear loading.

Have you actually tried it?

73,
dave
wa3gin

Richard Karlquist wrote:

>>Folding the element does little to reduce the performance. It looks 
>>hokie, but it's simple, light weight, more efficient than lumped 
>>inductance. The wires have to clear whats underneath but it's a 
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>>wa3gin
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>No.  A properly designed lumped inductance is better than linear
>loading.  That's why many 80 meter Yagi owners have upgraded to
>W6ANR's aftermarket loading inductors, replacing the original linear
>loading.  Linear loading is a marketing concept to make you think
>you have eliminated the ohmic losses associated with loading 
>coils.  Instead, it *increases* the losses.  
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>Rick N6RK
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