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The original question was:

Nothing I said is incorrect at answering that question.

Wilson publishes that their coil Q on the Wilson 5000 is 864, as tested by Dr. Dwight Heim. There is no way a helical wound HF antenna like a Firestik or Silverload comes anywhere close to that Q. For purposes of the, "which is better" question most people are usually asking from an efficiency perspective, not a bandwidth perspective. Of course a helical wound coil has good bandwidth - as you pointed out - that's one of the characteristics of a lossy antenna design, and also of a helical wound antenna. That doesn't mean it radiates any better.

Groundwave propagation on 11 meters???? REALLY????

<blockquote data-quote="Moleculo" data-source="post: 150094" data-attributes="member: 1">The original question was:&nbsp;&nbsp;Nothing I said is incorrect at answering that question. &nbsp;Wilson publishes that their coil Q on the Wilson 5000 is 864, as tested by Dr. Dwight Heim. There is no way a helical wound HF antenna like a Firestik or Silverload comes anywhere close to that Q. For purposes of the, &quot;which is better&quot; question most people are usually asking from an efficiency perspective, not a bandwidth perspective. Of course a helical wound coil has good bandwidth - as you pointed out - that&#039;s one of the characteristics of a lossy antenna design, and also of a helical wound antenna. That doesn&#039;t mean it radiates any better. &nbsp;&nbsp;Groundwave propagation on 11 meters???? REALLY???? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f914.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":huh:" title="Unsure&nbsp; &nbsp; :huh:"&nbsp; data-smilie="28"data-shortname=":huh:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Moleculo, post: 150094, member: 1"] The original question was: Nothing I said is incorrect at answering that question. Wilson publishes that their coil Q on the Wilson 5000 is 864, as tested by Dr. Dwight Heim. There is no way a helical wound HF antenna like a Firestik or Silverload comes anywhere close to that Q. For purposes of the, "which is better" question most people are usually asking from an efficiency perspective, not a bandwidth perspective. Of course a helical wound coil has good bandwidth - as you pointed out - that's one of the characteristics of a lossy antenna design, and also of a helical wound antenna. That doesn't mean it radiates any better. Groundwave propagation on 11 meters???? REALLY???? :huh: [/QUOTE]

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