View Single Post
  #17   Report Post  
Old December 4th 07, 09:28 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
John Smith John Smith is offline
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by RadioBanter: Nov 2006
Posts: 2,915
Default opinions on an antenna idea

Roy Lewallen wrote:

...

-- The Q of the short dipole is very high, so the reactance varies very
rapidly with frequency. A matched short antenna would have an extremely
narrow bandwidth.
...


Roy Lewallen, W7EL


And, here is where a DLM antenna is nice, keep the coils of low Q and
bandwidth is "surprisingly wide."

Regards,
JS