[160m] Small antenna

[Tom Rauch]

The most efficient way to build a small antenna is to use as much
capacitance as possible at the antenna ends, and to keep the high voltage
areas away from earth or lossy media.

It is always a tough project to build an efficient small antenna, but the
bottom line is you want the highest current over the largest straight area
possible and the open ends away from things that might be lossy. Using high
Q coils can actually be much more efficient than folding wires, but gives
less bandwidth. Capacitance hats at the open ends  always help bandwidth and
efficiency.

73, Tom W8JI