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Odd, if the currents are aligned as that single frame Vector CST image shows, then why shrink it back down to a seemingly lesser-gain 1/2λ over a 1/4λ when the longer 5/8λ over a 1/4λ version should show gain and a lower TOA?


Which brings to mind another set of questions:


- With only a remaining 'active' 3/8λ above the canceled 1/4λ of the Bottom-end-fed 5/8λ design, such a the I-10K, why then does a 5/8λ show a lower TOA and 1.2dB gain over a fully 'active' 1/2λ such as the Ringo with it's reasonably efficient (non-A99) Maco-type matching network, and even after I tried adding a set of 1/4λ counterpoise radials to the Ringo? (Even when tuned to near zero reactance, I cannot get anywhere near the performance from the Ringo which I get from the Penetrator, as in MINUS 7dB vs the P500 on TWO iCOM meters @ 10 miles.)


- Therefore, wouldn't it hold true to see the same improved performance resulting from comparing a 7/8λ Vector (5/8λ over 1/4λ) to a 3/4λ (1/2λ over 1/4λ) Vector?


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