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"YES! Usually, if an antenna is wideband, it's because there are construction issues like bad solder joints, corroded or lossy materials, lossy coils etc."

Would you mind explaining you reasoning behind that? I do agree that 'wide bandedness' is a product of inefficiency. So it would seem you are saying that inefficiency is a desirable quality of an antenna? Which is just another very good reason to discount the importance being placed on SWR as opposed to other characteristics that are desirable.
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[QUOTE="W5LZ, post: 401357, member: 129"] "YES! Usually, if an antenna is wideband, it's because there are construction issues like bad solder joints, corroded or lossy materials, lossy coils etc." Would you mind explaining you reasoning behind that? I do agree that 'wide bandedness' is a product of inefficiency. So it would seem you are saying that inefficiency is a desirable quality of an antenna? Which is just another very good reason to discount the importance being placed on SWR as opposed to other characteristics that are desirable. - 'Doc [/QUOTE]

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