On 10/2/2023 3:59 AM, J. Hunt via TowerTalk wrote:
The performance of an antenna will depend on the overall element size (length).
Shorter elements will have a narrower usable SWR bandwidth.
Yes, but extensive modeling shows that SWR bandwidth is the only
important downside of loading that is not inductors at the feedpoint.
SWR is NOT a measure of antenna performance, and the added loss due to
SWR values below 3:1 at the feedpoint are too small to matter unless
you're using line smaller than RG8/11, and/or the lines are very long.
My 80M dipole at 125 ft fed with about 170 ft of a good RG11 presents a
5:1 SWR on 60M at the TX, but is quite effective running legal limit
(100W ERP).
73, Jim K9YC
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