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Gold plating antenna elements?
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April 16th 04, 04:24 PM
Richard Clark
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On 16 Apr 2004 11:07:12 EDT,
am (Gary V.
Deutschmann, Sr.) wrote:
Since the radiation of an antenna is done primarily on the surface of
the elements (or wire) would gold plating the elements increase the
efficiency of the antenna in any way?
Of Course - you knew that anyway. How much? More than a dB? No.
Less than a dB? Very much less.
-Unless-
Gold sounds expensive, but if thin enough, one ounce of gold could
plate an entire football field.
I know you didn't really have this in mind, but putting your gold into
System loss pays back far more than trying to raise the efficiency of
the radiator from 99.89% to 99.90%
Gold plate your lawn and you could easily recover 1dB in a DX lobe.
73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC
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