[R-390] 'Burbs antenna

Sat, 10 Aug 2002 21:16:04 -0400

If it's what I think it is (folded dipole), it's junk.  It has a shunt
resistor at the feed point to give the illusion of a wide bandwidth
match.  I was suckered in by it years ago.  

Tanker wrote:
> 
> Has anyone used the B&W BWD 1.8-30 (T2FD), any comments on it
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Bauer" <[email protected]>
> To: "Michael Young" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 7:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [R-390] 'Burbs antenna
> 
> >   Hi, I use a magnetic bal-un with a 51 foot wire. It works great. I feed
> > it with RG-8.
> >
> >   Scott W3CV
> >
> > At 05:32 PM 8/10/2002 -0400, Michael Young wrote:
> > >What do you guys use for receiving antennae (general HF coverage) in
> > >suburbia where (alas) there is no room for rhombics, vee's and other cool
> > >things that I grew up with
> > >
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