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According to a QST review about 20 years ago, the B&Ws are comparable
to a standard dipole from 20 meters and up; much less efficient than a standard dipole, below 20 meters. Yep, a short 80m antenna does ok on 20m. The Military, in their quest to get a signal out, in the smallest space possible devised a scheme that used a very inefficient antenna. From what I have read, it was a 20 kw transmitter with matching auto-tuner that tuned from 2-30 mhz. One makes up for the -6db loss on 4mhz with brute force. The B&W has 6db or more loss on 80m. As a ham, I hope my antenna is very efficient. When I am mobile that is not possible, but fixed, I want an efficient antenna. 73 Gary N4AST |
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