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Re: [TowerTalk] book Tribander comparison test

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] book Tribander comparison test
From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:56:01 -0800
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On 2/24/2011 5:32 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
> Nonsense!  Some 30+ years ago W2PV showed that a monobander was a
> monobander no matter what the element spacing as long as the elements
> are properly tuned for their place in the array.  Gain is a product
> of boom length as long as there are "enough" elements for the length.
>
> Tapered spacing only effects the bandwidth and feed impedance of the
> antenna and with a SteppIR bandwidth has no meaning since the antenna
> is constantly retuned for the operating frequency.

RIGHT.

Jim K9YC
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