[ICOM] Question abt 746 pro and G5RV combo

[Larry Winslow]

Mike - I gotta agree with you. The BWD-90 from 
B&W has proven to be a workhorse for me. Of 
course, and all band antenna is sure to be a 
compromise but the beast does it job very well.

One thing I've discovered about the B&W antenna 
is that you MUST feed it with larger diameter 
coax. Something like RG-8x will make the antenna 
act as a dummy load. When I switched from 8x to 
RG-213, the antenna jumped to life. I don't fully 
understand why but what a difference.

73 - Larry WØNFU
larry_w at comcast.net

At 08:15 AM 7/16/2006, you wrote:

>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> > [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Larry Winslow
> > Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 6:18 AM
> > To: ICOM Reflector
> > Subject: Re: [ICOM] Question abt 746 pro and G5RV combo
> >
> > Take a look at the B&W broadband folded dipole.
> > The 90' one will tune 80 thru 10 with no problem
> > - the auto-tuner of my IC-765 handles every ham
> > band.. I have one and have never regretted it.
> > Mine is down right now as I lost the tree I had
> > one end attached to but I'm about to put it back up.
> >
> > R&L electronics has an ad in latest QST for the
> > antenna at $199 which is way below B&W's price.
> >
> > 73 - Larry WØNFU
> > larry_w at comcast.net
>
>I always hesitate to mention that antenna.  It seems to stir up a number of
>people who flat HATE it for some reason.  I just don't know why, but they
>do.
>
>I have used the T2FD (and the B&W variant) in a number of installations.  As
>a MARS operator, that antenna from El Paso covered from the west coast to
>well beyond the Mississippi, and from El Paso to the Canadian border on
>3.2xx MHz.  On the higher bands it was equally as good.
>
>One antenna - one coax feedline - SWR under 3:1 - works 160 thru 10 meters.
>It isn't a beam.  It isn't a lot of things.  What it IS - is one antenna
>that does it all, and well enough to get the job done.  Before I retired,
>the MARS station was running 3 of them.  Never seemed to lack for a signal
>into the gateway.
>
>You Nay-say-ers have at it.  I still have one at home.  Been doing well for
>16 years now.  Don't see no reason to complicate things with another
>expensive tuner.
>
>Mike.  KD9KC
>El Paso, Texas.
>
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