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Relationship Between Antenna Efficiency and Received Signal Strength
wrote in message ... It all depends what freq, type of operation, etc.. But for general skywave HF, even a fairly inefficient antenna can be quite fine for receiving in many cases. The level may drop with the inefficient antenna, but assuming the same basic pattern, the s/n ratio should be pretty much the same. If you have enough antenna to increase the background noise when connecting the antenna to the radio, it should be fine for general gov use. I always hear that, but it doesn't seem to be that way for me. I have an off center fed antenna (about 125 feet long) mostly flat at 50 feet. Also a 3 element triband at 60 feet. Both fed by low loss rg8 type coax. On some of the weaker signals on 20 meters I don't hear signals on the OCF that are good copy on the beam. Also an 80 meter dipole at the 45 foot level at right angles to the 80 meter antenna will not hear what the beam does in some cases. That is in a relative quiet location as far as noise goes. The receive is an Icom 746pro. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com |
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