On 8/1/2020 12:12 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
My gripe with the original post from G3UNA was simply his generalization
that resonant antennas are bad and that non-resonant antennas are good.
Same here. Most antennas that we can install are some form of
compromise. Higher is better. One size fits all solutions generally
don't perform as well as antennas optimized for a band or given
application. Antenna tuners do NOT make an antenna work better, they
simply allow the transmitter to put power into the feedline, and by
optimizing the load that the transmitter sees, they reduce the
distortion that the amplifier produces. Remember -- SWR is NOT a measure
of antenna performance. Louder at the other guy's radio IS. Less RX
noise IS.
What we all would do if we could is often very different from what we
CAN do. What we would rig to operate from a park bench or on a
mountaintop is usually very different from what we would do at home.
73, Jim K9YC
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