[Antennas] VHF "Folded Dipole" question

John Burch [email protected]
Sun, 2 Nov 2003 13:58:45 -0700


Assuming a folded dipole, commercially manufactured 
for use in the 150 MHz region is operated at the design 
frequency, what would be the characteristic impedance 
of the antenna?

If one end of the dipole was grounded for lightning 
protection to the boom on which it's mounted (thus 
a DC resistance of zero), would that impact the 
impedance significantly?

Thanks very much for the help.

John
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