On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 14:44:07 -0800, Roy Lewallen
wrote:

Buck wrote:

How FAT would an FM broadcast dipole have to be to lose one db gain?

approximately

A perfect application for the free EZNEC demo program, from
http://eznec.com.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL


I was kinda thinking that the antenna would become a capacitor if the
elements get too fat.


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73 for now
Buck
N4PGW

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 20:26:39 -0500, Buck wrote:

I was kinda thinking that the antenna would become a capacitor if the
elements get too fat.

Hi Buck,

And the inductance goes down (think about the product and
proportionalities of the two.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Richard Clark wrote:
On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 20:26:39 -0500, Buck wrote:


I was kinda thinking that the antenna would become a capacitor if the
elements get too fat.


Hi Buck,

And the inductance goes down (think about the product and
proportionalities of the two.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Then, the next step is to think about why having less inductance and
more capacitance should reduce the gain.

Does it cause the pattern to change?
Does it reduce the efficiency?

Those are the only ways to change the gain.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL