>As long as one is looking for strictly a single band antenna,
>a wide spaced folded dipole has some interesting advantages
>but multiple band use with a tuner is not one of them. Note,
>I am not talking about the inefficient T2FD (loaded folded
>dipole) designs.
>
>73,
>
> ... Joe, W4TV
Joe,
You woke up a memory from the past. The first antenna I built after getting
my license in 1954 was the T2FD. I strung it from a tree top down to the
ground near the house. I found a surplus 500 ohm/250 watt carbon
non-inductive terminating resistor and fed the antenna with 450 ohm ladder
line directly to an ART-13 transmitter. It was a fantastic antenna and I
have considered building one again mounted off the tower. I still have the
resistor somewhere in my Treasure chest. The ART-13 and BC-348 are long
gone, but not the memories.
* 73's Jim W5IFP *
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