might have something there for sota/ portable work. I've got some heavy duct tape that would make a good backing Wonder what the fractal size could be tuned for eficiency, I missed how he came to the 1" size
Not a fractal antenna. Itza MEANDER line, also called CRANK line. In the setup he made, the meander shortens the length (one-dimensional ) for resonance. It shortens the antenna but maintains physical length. A fractal version would be much shorter and still have excellent SWR. Some of the broad SWR is caused by the thickness of the meander (that is, not a 'thin' wire). Fractals and meanders do indeed allow broader matching with components (ATU's) A fractal (element) antenna has two or mores self similar iterations. This has one repeating motif. Springs are 3 dimensional meander line antennas. Commonly used on HT's. With due and sincere respect, I am not going to answer any more questions on this thread, because the topic is not on fractal antennas. Not discouraging having fun on this--keep it up 73 Chip W1YW
