Now you have got it figured out. 6 dB agrees with my crude model. It
also agrees with my "feeling" having used one of these once at a field
day location. If you took a survey, I think you would get the same
consensus of opinion.
Jerry
Jim Lux wrote:
>At 07:27 AM 9/3/2005, K4SAV wrote:
>
>
>>Cebik thinks these things use an 800 to 900 ohm terminating resistors
>>and a 16:1 transmission line transformer.
>>
>>http://www.cebik.com/wire/wbfd.html
>>
>>I too would like the specific data on the B&W. I have modeled it, but I
>>used a lot of guess work for the details.
>>
>>Jerry, K4SAV
>>
>>
>
>Cebik models that these get 6dB hit over a dipole. If they're that lossy,
>it's no wonder they get a good match: heck, any antenna with a 6dB pad in
>the feed line will get no worse than 1.66:1 VSWR. (nothing says that "any
>antenna" will actually radiate, though).
>
>
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