Tord wrote:
>If you use a SWR (standing wave rate) meter, as used by radio amateurs,
>you can show that a properly functioning, and tuned,
>Duckie is just marginally worse than a normal antenna,
It is possible to have a low SWR with almost any antenna, be it a dipole or
a 10 element yagi. It does not prove that a Duckie is only marginally worse
than a normal antenna. SWR is one thing; gain (or lack there of) is another.
Gary
DA1PL & WB9RWH
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