[R-390] 'Burbs antenna

Sun, 11 Aug 2002 02:41:01 -0000

BTW, it is NOT a resistor at the "FEEDPOINT" !!!  It IS a balun.
Run it through a network analyzer, and you will see.

> > -----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
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