[Antennas] B&W folded dipole

[CBoone@Earthlink.Net]

Chuck,
I CAN and HAVE made a dipole...SO WHAT???
I also can build a FM broadcast antenna that could handle 10KW 
or more of power...can you??? Well if you cant, BIG DEAL!! SO I can
do something you cannot....OHHH am "I" supposed to be a big man
now?? hardly....but by your posting, I SHOULD be! (enjoy crow?)

I HAVE used B&Ws in the past.....for my remote base operations where
I DO NOT have a tuner and operated the radio via a UHF or phone line
link, the B&W was a decent COMPROMISE....(and we all know you dont get
something for nothing in that respect!) For my HOME operation, I WOULD
put up a regular dipole; IF I had the room for a 160 or 80mtr antenna!
which I donot...but I DO have room for a B&W (just barely..)...
BUT I would run a 93ft dipole with ladder line (IF I had it) and a
tuner (which I DO have)......but again, its all what you WANT to 
use it for...and whats available...

NO, the B&W is NOT the best antenna below 10 MHz...its performance 
drops off below 10MHz and by the time you get to 80m, its pretty poor
compared to a dipole...but then so is a mobile antenna...FUNNY, I 
dont see any mobile ops trying to run a full size dipole...they
use WHAT WORKS....poorly as it may..BUT it works...and thats the
name of the game..

NOW if you have a problem with that, then YOU belong where you 
suggested he go with morons.

U wanta talk technical?? I'm game with 35KW FM and 50KW AM (ALL
transistorized/125% Asym. PD Modulated) xmtrs as well as the AM 
active tower arrays I have worked on; including the famous 12 tower nite
site (original KLIF)@1190kHz in Dallas! Had to get back to antennas!:)

Chris
WB5ITT
FCC Commercial PG-9-5322
Asst Radio Chief Engineer
Liberman Broadcasting, Houston

I am off this soapbox and hope this reflector can return to
technical and FRIENDLY discussions...and not put downs with no
basis for them (as yours was!)
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Chuck O'Neal wrote:
> 
> Nice rant Ed.  To answer your question, a real ham could make a simple
> dipole.  This is a technical hobby and here you are on the Antenna reflector.
> Can you make a dipole?  If not, go join K1MAN and the few morons that follow
> this nutcase and have a ball...
> 73,
> Chuck...K1KW
>