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[email protected] · November 7th 14, 06:58 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna

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The only downside to this antenna is that it is extremely narrow
banded, only about a kHz or so.

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I realized I should expand on that.

With all 5 inductors the same value the 5:1 bandwidth is about 500 Hz.

By staggering the values of the inductors in the four legs the bandwidth
can be improved by a little bit.

The best I could accomplish was about 1 Khz by making the leg values
..96, .98, 1.02, and 1.04 times the central leg value.

Going beyond a step factor of .02 made little difference in the bandwidth
and the resonant frequency SWR started to increase.

--
Jim Pennino