[Elecraft] Miniature self-supporting HF antennas

[Tony Estep]

On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 3:56 PM, David Gilbert <xdavid at cis-broadband.com>
wrote:

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> ...properly built coils aren't nearly as bad as you say....

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True, but even with a high-Q coil a typical base-loaded antenna inevitably
has low efficiency. This is the consequence of the fact that a loaded
antenna has a very low radiation resistance, which magnifies the impact of
all other system losses. ON4UN's excellent book Low-band DXing has a
detailed analysis that can help you make the best choice of setup.

Tony KT0NY