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Re: Topband: THE ITINERANT 160 METER ANTENNA PROJECT

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Subject: Re: Topband: THE ITINERANT 160 METER ANTENNA PROJECT
From: "Tom W8JI" <w8ji@w8ji.com>
Reply-to: Tom W8JI <w8ji@w8ji.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 09:49:32 -0400
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> 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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