Sum Ting Wong wrote:
On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:24:44 GMT, "Dave" wrote:

efficiency is only one measure of antenna performance.

Exactly. You get it and JS doesn't.

S.T.W.

Now, to sum that previous post up tightly, and it the hopes you "may get
it" THIS TIME ... you NEVER want a less efficient antenna--in the fact
that efficiency relates to transferring power to and from the ether.
Or, in the case you wish to focus upon, "efficiency = ability to pluck
incredibly weak signals from the ether."

Any other argument, is simply to replace a respectable antenna with a
dummy load or a partial dummy load; and, is not something which is
usually argued against, by sane men ...

Regards,
JS