[TowerTalk] OWA Inventor?

[Jim Lux]

On 12/13/13 4:07 AM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> 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.
>

and, the trade, as always, is that the gain is slightly less, and the 
F/B & F/R (aka sidelobe levels) will be worse, particularly at band edges