Multi-band antennas - convenience over performance?
March 26th, 2010
Is your multi-band antenna compromising performance in favour of operator convenience? Have you chosen to forfeit efficiency in order to provision for operating on one or two additional bands? If you have I’d suggest you reconsider your antenna policy and adopt a ‘less is more’ approach, one that is sadly often overlooked these days.
When it comes to radiating a good signal on the HF bands less can often be more. By working on fewer bands (less) and by having dedicated resonant antennas cut for those bands you can often radiate much more of the transmitter power delivered to the antenna system.
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