[TowerTalk] OWA Inventor?

[john at kk9a.com]

There is only one driven element on an OWA antenna. I think the biggest
advantage is the direct 50 ohm feed. No match is needed making it easier
to build and there are no match losses. It is easy to design a yagi with a
wide bandwidth with >50 impedance however that is not referred to as OWA.

John KK9A


To:	 Steve Sacco NN4X <nn4x at embarqmail.com>,	<towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject:	 Re: [TowerTalk] OWA Inventor?
From:	 Kelly Taylor <ve4xt at mymts.net>
Date:	 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 15:33:08 -0600



The OWA, if I recall correctly, was around before Force12 was even a gleam
in N6BT's eyes. And, again IIRC, the OWA is a monoband antenna that uses two
driven elements and specific element spacing to provide consistent gain,
matching and F/B over a greater portion of a particular band than typical.

73, kelly
ve4xt