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If you desire a single antenna with excellent SWR match at many bands, then I am of the opinion that there is value here. Even the most efficient horizontal dipole is almost useless for DX--the assumed need, not NVIS-- unless it is high up. This is because all low dipoles have low gain at low elevations: Their launch angle is quite high. I would suspect that typical ohmic losses on the BW are 2-5 dB. The mismatch lsses are negligible. Getting this well over a wave high at the lowest freq of operation will afford at least that, and probably more, in a gain differential at low angles, compared to an efficient, low dipole. The point: a high BW antenna will work well. Any low dipole will work poorly. The in-between is a valid issue to ponder. 73, Chip N1IR |
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