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Old May 8th 07, 09:44 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Owen Duffy Owen Duffy is offline
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The rule still holds, for a bigger signal put up more metal.

An appealing rule, isn't it!

I had three QSOs with stations on Saturday on 40m that were using an "80m
coax centre fed dipole". I explained to them that if they halved the size
of their antenna, it would work ten times as good.

This simple case shows that the "rule" ain't a rule.

Owen
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