On 11/28/2019 4:36 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote: > There is no reason to ignore SWR. I wasn't suggesting that, John. Rather, I was observing that gain and pattern are what make an antenna a good performer. Far too many hams think that if the SWR is low, it's a good antenna. :) Sure we want SWR to be low so we can put power into it. 73, Jim K9YC