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Re: Topband: 160m Inverted L High SWR

To: "Bill Stewart" <cwopr@embarqmail.com>, "Richard Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: 160m Inverted L High SWR
From: "Tom W8JI" <w8ji@w8ji.com>
Reply-to: Tom W8JI <w8ji@w8ji.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 13:50:44 -0400
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I thought the "Q" of the antenna was not vry good since the SWR
curve is vry broad.

Q means many things. Some things might be good, some things might be bad, and some things are just meaningless.

SWR bandwidth by itself does not tell you a thing about antenna efficiency or performance. SWR bandwidth is SWR bandwidth, nothing more or less. A narrow antenna can have terrible efficiency, and a broad antenna can have great efficiency. It can also be the other way around.

Beware of anything equating radiation performance to SWR bandwidth.


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