[Elecraft] [KX3] Re: Can't believe my Chameleon Antenna!

[Fred Jensen]

B&W has marketed a broadband folded dipole antenna that has a resistor 
terminating the top wire for decades.  They are indeed "broadband" and 
they must have sold a gazillion to the military because you regularly 
see them over National Guard and Reserve armories. They're great for the 
military who generally are not chasing DX or weak signals.  Hams ... not 
so much.  To their credit, the resistor has never been a secret.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013
- www.cqp.org

On 11/19/2012 2:11 PM, Ken G Kopp wrote:
> Another two cents worth ...
>
> A few years ago there was a dipole advertised in QST and other
> places that claimed to be "broadband with a very low SWR on all
> bands".  Turns out an XRAY of the junction box / center insulator
> revealed a resistor (50 ohms?) in parallel with the coax connector
> and the dipole. (;-)