A point that many miss, especially Hams without a lot of technical training, is this; the narrower the bandwidth (the smaller the frequency excursion before retuning) the more efficient the physically small antenna is. So with an antenna appreciably smaller than 1/2 wavelength, a very narrow bandwidth is something to celebrate!
The only way to increase the inherent bandwidth of a physically small antenna is to increase the resistive losses where RF is wasted as heat. Ever since Maxwell set down his equations unifying electricity and magnetism in 1865, those equations have been proven correct. 73, Ron AC7AC ______________________________________________________________ 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]
