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I'm not sure, but I seem to recall DB posting some results in the past comparing an antenna with and without his matching application using 4NEC2. IMO, I thought those results confirmed my sense of the issue...there was only a fractional difference in the db gain.

To be fair however, DB is the only one I know that can tell us how this works out for sure.

I think technically the match does have some small effect on the performance, but the difference just using my radio never showed much difference. I had no way to even consider gain back then...it was all about signals and comparing antennas.

[QUOTE="Marconi, post: 549897, member: 903"] I'm not sure, but I seem to recall DB posting some results in the past comparing an antenna with and without his matching application using 4NEC2. IMO, I thought those results confirmed my sense of the issue...there was only a fractional difference in the db gain. To be fair however, DB is the only one I know that can tell us how this works out for sure. I think technically the match does have some small effect on the performance, but the difference just using my radio never showed much difference. I had no way to even consider gain back then...it was all about signals and comparing antennas. [/QUOTE]

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