[Elecraft] Folded Dipole Antennas

Fri Dec 5 17:16:00 2003

You won't measure the 800 ohm resistor as it is fed thru a 1:16 balun. =
The cost of the resistive termination is 5 dB or so. About like turning =
a 100 watt rig down to 30 watts. Not that bad unless one is trying to =
win contests. Now contrast it to a comparable ladder line fed zepp with =
line and tuner losses of possibly a few dB. Now there isn't that much =
difference.

    Dave WX7G =20

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Stuart Rohre
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 3:04 PM
To: David Baird; Edmund T. Wright; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Folded Dipole Antennas

David,
If you take a DC  ohm meter to the feedpoint of your B&W, don't you =
measure
the fixed resistor they use?  IF so, it is costing you efficiency and =
power.
Some of their antennas were made more for broader SW bands of the feds =
and
military where they do not have manual antenna tuning skill.
72,
Stuart
K5KVH

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