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Old September 30th 09, 09:02 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Roy Lewallen Roy Lewallen is offline
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Default fractals and HDTV antennas

Richard Clark wrote:
On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:43:33 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
wrote:

Myth number one:
Yep. The advantages of fractal antennas are small size and wide
bandwidth.


73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC


It's not entirely a myth -- fractal antennas can be small and have wide
bandwidth. But my dummy load is small and has wide bandwidth. What makes
that an "advantage"?

You can take this to the bank: Small -- Broadband -- Efficient. Pick any
two.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL