Fat dipole for FM - RadioBanter

January 31st 05, 04:29 PM

Richard Harrison

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Roy, W7EL wrote:
"That`s interesting.(I don`t know why you want fat. It will give you
lower gain.) How much lower? Why?"

It`s a fact. Fat antennas have more bandwidth, and that is inversely
proportional to Q. Teducing antenna Q, by fattening the antenna, reduces
the antenna potential by about the same factor.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI

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