[TowerTalk] Worse than MFJ/Cushcraft coils

[john at kk9a.com]

Larger SWR bandwidth is certainly an effect of having inefficient  
loading coils. Whether or not that was the intent I don't know but I  
am sure a large number of hams believe that a low SWR equals a good  
antenna.

John KK9A


Gedas W8BYA w8bya wrote:

I wonder if the original designers did that to lower the Q and make the
antenna SWR BW greater with just a slight loss in gain/efficiency. I
know mine was usable over most of the band.

Gedas, W8BYA

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On 9/15/2019 9:50 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> The Cushcraft 40m beam coil losses could be greatly improved by  
> using large aluminum wire.  https://www.qsl.net/ve6wz/CC_coil.html
>
> John KK9A