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[email protected] · October 26th 14, 10:30 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna

Lostgallifreyan wrote:
wrote in :

The log-periodic was several dB better, both transmit and receive, in
part because there was no longer the 50% termination resistor loss.

Thanks, I'll look at those a bit next time I can see well enough to read
much. Even the name is new to me right now..

What I'm wondering is shy so much current discussion of whombic antennas at
all. I try to follow the tech posts because short repeats of good info may be
my best shot at absorbing it efficiently, but I'm not sure how rhombics got
such repeated notice.

Someone is attempting to make some sort of point by comparing apples and
strawberries.

The rhombic was a big deal in it's day back when huge, empty areas were
readily available and better antennas had not yet been invented.

--
Jim Pennino