On Mon 06 Sep, Gary Retterbush wrote:
> 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.
Ooops! I use my SWR as a field strength meter, if that is the word. it can be
operated either way - you just screw an antenna on top of it ...
Tord,
Sweden
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