On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 3:56 PM, David Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote:
> > ...properly built coils aren't nearly as bad as you say.... =========== True, but even with a high-Q coil a typical base-loaded antenna inevitably has low efficiency. This is the consequence of the fact that a loaded antenna has a very low radiation resistance, which magnifies the impact of all other system losses. ON4UN's excellent book Low-band DXing has a detailed analysis that can help you make the best choice of setup. Tony KT0NY ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
