I dont know where YOU got your antenna info from....but just because a
dipole has wide b/w (low Q) does not lower its gain unless the diameter of
the dipole causes the resonant length to be much shorter than 1/2
wavelength...but in practical terms, that wont happen (unless he makes the
dipole out of 4 ft pipe for instance!

A wide b/w (fat) dipole made for 80m (a cage dipole) does not have any less
signal strength than a single wire dipole (2.15 dbi).....sorry.

Chris
WB5ITT
PG-9-5322 FCC Commercial
Telecom/Broadcast engineer for 30 years

"Richard Harrison" wrote in message
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Roy, W7EL wrote:
"That`s interesting.(I don`t know why you want fat. It will give you
lower gain.) How much lower? Why?"

It`s a fact. Fat antennas have more bandwidth, and that is inversely
proportional to Q. Teducing antenna Q, by fattening the antenna, reduces
the antenna potential by about the same factor.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZ