You're jumping to conclusions, Stuart.
I have a 65 ft. vertical for transmitting.
I was looking for a receive antenna for 160 and 80m.
(My Eagle already has the mod with the 2x Phono jacks so I can use a
separate RX ant.).
The Ewe looks interesting.
With a resistor, it has front to back.
Without the resistor it does not.
The resistor on the far end goes from the antenna to a ground stake.
I'm not wasting any power.
So, is this an RF ground or a DC ground? Or both?
I don't know.
I'm just asking.
73
Rick
-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Stuart Rohre
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 3:52 PM
To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] was OT: Indoor Antenna: re B&W type terminated dipoles
On some bands as much as 1/2 of your power goes into heating the
resistor. The resistor is there to provide a smoother SWR over the
range, which for which these antennas might be used by government,
include ALE ranges, where they are not in a ham band. But, who among
hams can afford to give up half your power you paid for? Truth be told,
the ALE users also need better tuning, to not have to rely on lossy
antennas.
And remember, it works to limit what you get on receive as well. A
double loss in my book for a ham.
-Stuart Rohre
K5KVH
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