aunwin wrote:
The half power thingy I presume is understood by all so IS something very
exciting to be revealed that shows that the dipole is really an efficient
radiator after all, but only if you put a class C amplifier on it?

Art, I assume you know that Class-C amplifiers are not usually used
for SSB since they are not linear for SSB. The basic confusion is
between linear systems and non-linear systems. If the amplifying
device (singular) conducts over the entire 360 degrees of an RF cycle
and the output waveform is a reasonable copy of the input waveform,
then that device is said to be linear. If you have two amplifying devices
operating in anything except Class-A operation, the output of each
individual device is not linear. That's the kicker. The "two non-linear
device" option is not available at the antenna for receiving purposes.
A normal dipole cannot receive Class-C (non-linear) signals.
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73, Cecil, W5DXP