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Re: [TowerTalk] Dipole Longer or higher?

To: "Michael Tope" <W4EF@dellroy.com>, <garyschafer@comcast.net>,"Joe Subich, K4IK" <k4ik@subich.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Dipole Longer or higher?
From: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>
Reply-to: Tom Rauch <w8ji@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 23:40:30 -0500
List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
> average I -> lower I^2*R losses). These differences in
gain and
> efficiency between the 88' antenna and the 100' antenna
should
> be fairly small, however, provided that you can deliver
power
> efficiently to the feedpoint of the shorter antenna, which
as
> Gary, Tom, and others have pointed out can be no small
> problem.

It's possible to build all sorts of antennas in models that
won't have the same benefits in real life if you leave
feedlines and matching systems out of the model.

73 Tom

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