Magnetic Loop Antenna Mazzoni Stealth Datasheet

Info: Widely used antenna from the manufacturer Mazzoni, Italy.
Conductor: Aluminium rectangular tube, outside 60mm x 20mm, wall 2 mm, painted gray.
Capacitor: Air capacitor, aluminum, painted gray
Environment: Unknown, values from datasheet.

Antenna Efficiency Overview

Band 40m 20m 15m 10m
Frequency f MHz 7.000 14.000 21.000 28.000
Intrinsic bandwidth Bint kHz 5.0 8.0 15.0 25.0
Source of Bint Datasheet
Loop diameter D m 0.662
Conductor diameter d m 0.051
Loop count n 1 1
Inductance L H 1.10e-06
Capacitance C pF 47 118 52.2 29.4
Unloaded Q0 1 1400 1750 1400 1120
Damping resistance RT Ohm 0.0345 0.0553 0.104 0.173
Radiation resistance RR Ohm 0.00110 0.0176 0.0898 0.286
Loss resistance RLoss Ohm 0.0334 0.0376 0.0139 -0.113
Power to antenna Pfwd W 100 100 100 100
swr_min 1 1.18 1.18 1.18 1.18
etaSWR_ant % 99.3 99.3 99.3 99.3
Power antenna load Pload W 99 99 99 99
Antenna efficiency η % 3.16 31.7 86.0 164
Loop current I rms A 53.62 42.39 30.96 23.98
Loop voltage Uloop rms V 2593 4100 4491 4639
Magnetic dipole moment m A m² 18.446 14.583 10.650 8.249
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Measurement Info

It is not clear to me what is meant by the bandwidth specified in the datasheet. There are different bandwidth definitions that could be intended here.
I did not receive an answer to my inquiry to the manufacturer about how the bandwidths were determined and which bandwidth was meant exactly.

Final Remarks

The efficiency calculated from the bandwidth partially exceeds 100%, which cannot be physically correct.
Either the specifications are wrong, or I am calculating it incorrectly.

I reluctantly include obviously incorrect numbers in this overview. At this point, however, I have no other choice.


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