So... just curious, what is it going from #14 to 2 inch irrigation tubing?
Mike
AD6AA
--- On Thu, 1/22/09, Steve Hunt <steve@karinya.net> wrote:
> Not even that!
>
> EZNEC says 0.04dB going from #14 to #6 on a 20m dipole.
>
> 73,
> Steve G3TXQ
>
> WA3GIN wrote:
> >
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > I was reading in an old antenna book that changing the
> diameter of a wire dipole from # 14 guage to # 6 would add
> > 6db gain to the antenna. Was that a typo? Did they
> mean to say .6db?
> >
> > I use 2" irrigation tubing for the 40m rotating
> dipole, so I suppose if I follow the thought process in this
> old book my antenna is prolly worth about 60db, haha.
> >
> > 73,
> > dave
> > wa3gin
> > _______________________________________________
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