[Elecraft] folded dipole of topic

[Earl W Cunningham]

David, NI1B wrote:

"does anyone know of a math to design a folded dipole I know the length
is 468/fMHz but what is the distance between the two wires"
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There is no noticeable difference is you make the spacing between wires
0.5", 1" or 2".  Because a folded dipole is a "fat" dipole, the equation
for its length is more like 462/fMHz.

Contrary to popular belief, the folded dipole has only about a 1% wider
bandwidth than a simple dipole (because of its "fatness").  The
disadvantage of a folded dipole (need for a 4:1 balun when feeding this
288-ohm antenna with 75- or 50-ohm coax) makes the simple dipole the
better option.

73, de Earl, K6SE