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March 21st 04, 08:47 AM

On 20 Mar 2004 18:05:44 -0800, (Marty)
wrote:
Any feedback would be appreciated. I need to design this antenna by
Monday!

Thank you!

Hi Marty,

Expecting miracles are we?

Just do it and live with the results. As for it being balanced, that
is arguable, but only as a philosophical reward. Even if it wasn't
you would still be radiating power. The S11 parameters are of
interest only to an academic - is this a practical problem? If so and
analysis has you in suspended animation, your customer already has one
foot out the door.

The ream of questions that lie behind this appeal are more compelling.

Do you have a power budget (does this have to be 100% efficient)?

Is there a directionality requirement?

..... I won't go into others, these two are enough to kill any
application.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC