Frank wrote:
To be exact; a 16 ft dipole would need to be loaded with inductors of Q = 78
for a 0.99% efficiency. The gain is therefore -18.3 dBi.

Sounds about right. Hamsticks are about 12 dB down
from a good screwdriver on 75m.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp