[Elecraft] New antenna works!

[Jim Brown]

On 8/1/2020 12:12 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
> My gripe with the original post from G3UNA was simply his generalization 
> that resonant antennas are bad and that non-resonant antennas are good.

Same here. Most antennas that we can install are some form of 
compromise. Higher is better. One size fits all solutions generally 
don't perform as well as antennas optimized for a band or given 
application. Antenna tuners do NOT make an antenna work better, they 
simply allow the transmitter to put power into the feedline, and by 
optimizing the load that the transmitter sees, they reduce the 
distortion that the amplifier produces. Remember -- SWR is NOT a measure 
of antenna performance. Louder at the other guy's radio IS. Less RX 
noise IS.

What we all would do if we could is often very different from what we 
CAN do. What we would rig to operate from a park bench or on a 
mountaintop is usually very different from what we would do at home.

73, Jim K9YC