Measurement results
Here you can see the results of my measurements. As you can see, I have fixed the MP1 at the heater. I guess that only a location in a Faraday cage could be worse for radiation. However, that is what I have available. I know some hams that try to tune a short wire on each band with theire antenna tuner and I think that my MP1 runs at least as good as the tuned wire (depending on the length). I was asked about the radiation efficiency of the MP1. That question is hard to answer since I have never measured it. I would say that the difference to a dipole is not that big on 10m and 12m because the length is almost equal. At 20m seemed the signals to be about 3 to 6dB less than with a dipole. Additionally there might be some loss coming from the resistance on the conncetion from the coil.
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Agilent E5062E, 2-Port Networkanalyzer up to 3GHz |
The MP1 fixed to the heater. |
Well, the reflection is of course not everything that you can measure. There is so much more point of interest. A good match does not mean that the antenna is radiating good. These measurement result just show what can be possible with such a small antenna without an antenna tuner. A good location and good ground could improve the whole performance so much.
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S11 in range between 30... 70MHz, the two marker show upper and lower 6m band limit.
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SWR in range between 30... 70MHz, the two marker show upper and lower 6m band limit.
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S11 in range between 25... 30MHz, the two
marker show upper and lower 10m band limit.
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SWR in range between 25... 30MHz, the two
marker show upper and lower 10m band limit.
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S11 in range between 22... 30MHz, the two
marker show upper and lower 12m band limit.
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SWR in range between 22... 30MHz, the two
marker show upper and lower 12m band limit.
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S11 in range between 20... 25MHz, the two
marker show upper and lower 15m band limit.
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SWR in range between 20... 25MHz, the two
marker show upper and lower 15m band limit.
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S11 in range between 15... 20MHz, the two
marker show upper and lower 17m band limit.
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SWR in range between 15... 20MHz, the two
marker show upper and lower 17m band limit.
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S11 in range between 10... 20MHz, the two
marker show upper and lower 20m band limit.
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SWR in range between 10... 20MHz, the two
marker show upper and lower 20m band limit.
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S11 in range between 8... 12MHz, the two
marker show upper and lower 30m band limit.
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SWR in range between 8... 12MHz, the two
marker show upper and lower 30m band limit.
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S11 in range between 6... 8MHz, the two marker show upper and lower 40m band limit. |
S11 in range between 6... 8MHz, the two marker show upper and lower 40m band limit. |