[R-390] 'Burbs antenna

Sat, 10 Aug 2002 19:40:03 -0700

At 02:18 AM 8/11/2002 +0000, Michael P. Olbrisch wrote:
>There you go !!!
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]]On
> > Behalf Of James Miller
> > Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2002 1:16 AM
> > To: Tanker
> > Cc: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [R-390] 'Burbs antenna
> >
> >
> > 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

Fellas, I think it's important to differentiate the T2FD for receiving  and 
transmitting.  I've used my home brew T2FD for about 5 years for receive 
only purposes, and it's served me extremely well.  It displaced all of my 
other antennae 90% of the time.  Wasn't it the USN that came up with this 
antenna at it's shore based receiving installations during or after WW2 
resulting in their giving up on most other set-ups.  It's very economical 
on the real estate.  Having said that, now that I've come across the K9AY, 
it's blown away the T2FD.  I'm now considering taking down the 
T2FD.........Walt.