> The claim was made in the last several editions of the Radio Handbook in
> describing a TV twinlead folded Marconi for 160m.
I believe the idea was not in QST, because at that time QST had good
technical editing. There were very few gross technical gaffs in QST back
then.
As I recall, the idea originally appeared in either 73 or CQ Magazine.
This illustrates the danger of non-peer reviewed technical articles. I
personally know of at least a half-dozen AM BC stations that invested money
in converting to folded unipoles, and a company in Texas started producing
antennas based on that silly idea.
http://www.w8ji.com/radiation_resistance.htm
73 Tom
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