[TowerTalk] Wire Diameter and Signal Gain

[jimlux]

WA3GIN wrote:
>     
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I was reading in an old antenna book that changing the diameter of a wire dipole from # 14 guage to # 6 would add 
> 6db gain to the antenna.  Was that a typo?  Did they mean to say .6db?

If even that.

Resistive losses would be less on the #6 (8 gauges is almost 3 times the 
diameter), but I'd find it hard to believe that on a dipole, resistive 
losses are responsible for more than a fraction of a dB.


> 
> I use 2" irrigation tubing for the 40m rotating dipole, so I suppose if I follow the thought process in this old book my antenna is prolly worth about 60db, haha.
> 
> 73,
> dave
> wa3gin
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