In message , Reg
Edwards writes
Trev,
Performance is no better and no worse than what can be expected from
any other sort of antenna of about the same physical size and the same
length of feedline. Try it and see.

I once worked 3 miles on SSB, on 160m, in broad daylight, with about
10 milliwatts, on 8 feet of wire lying on the ground, thrown out of a
downstairs window. The ground connection was via 10 feet of wire from
a domestic gas pipe. But I don't brag about it. The credit all goes
to Clerk Maxwell.

As Clerk implied, any bloody thing works.
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Reg.

Thanks Reg,

I expect you are quite right, but I am still puzzled about the bandwidth
aspect. Roy states that this is due to losses in the matching system,
in which case would it be possible to 'detune' a similar small antenna
and get similar results in that regard. If I can actually do that and
see the result, then I will be happy :-)

Trev
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Trevor Day
UKSMG #217
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