[Elecraft] Folded Dipole Antennas

[George, W5YR]

Interesting . . . my tuner measures 0.5 dB loss on 20 meters and the 36 feet
of ladderline to the 20-meter EDZ surely doesn't add more than a fraction of
a dB more loss. Seems that a system like mine that displays "a few dB" of
loss would need some work.

George W5YR

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Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Folded Dipole Antennas


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.