[Antennas] W3EDP antenna

[Chris Adams]

Chris BONDE wrote:

>  From all the reading that I have done in texts and on various ham
> reflectors I think that the second sentence herein after is a profound one,
> once a person realizes it.  It took me awhile!!  It is the use of the word
> "gain".  De just ain't no gain!!  To me it is just moving the radiation
> pattern around, and in doing so, you just might incure a real lose.
>
> This is my understanding, is it true?
>

I would agree with that, antennas are not amplifiers, the most power that can
come out of them is what is put in.  Getting gain in a specified direction
requires losing it in another.  If you don't wish to call it "gain" I'm
certainly not going to argue the semantics of the issue.

73

chris, n4vi