[Premium-Rx] Broad Bandwidth HF RX Antenna

[Al Klase]

Hi Frank,

That should work just fine.  There was a military double 
doublet that was used for tranmission as well as reception. 
  The VSWR is never worse that maybe 4 or 5 to 1.  If I 
recall properly, they "crossed over" the connections to the 
two dipoles at the feed point.

Low-loss balanced feed line is the key.

There are modern NVIS (Near-Verticle Incidence Skywave) 
antennas designed for regional HF coverage that consist of 
two  low inverted-V's (same 2:1 ratio) at right angles feed 
by a low-loss feedline.

Al



Carcia, Frank A. HS wrote:

> Al,
> What if 2 dipoles were connected to an open wire line say 450 ohms to the
> shack,
> with a bb transformer in the shack. This way the antenna could also be used
> for transmitting also. I wonder if you still get the same effect? The BB
> transformer would just be replaced with an antenna tuner when you want to
> transmit. I will have the same problem on my beach lot.   fc  

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