I'm pretty sure that has been tried in the past, but as far as I know
you're not going to get much broadbanding out of a wider conductor
(versus a single wire) unless that wider conductor is an appreciable
portion of a wavelength in width. I used EZNEC+ to compare a 75m
Inverted-V with a wire diameter of 0.1 inch with one having a wire
diameter of 2 inches (cylindrical, not ribbon) and the 2:1 SWR bandwidth
changed from 150 KHz to 200 KHz. I assume the ribbon would give
somewhat less benefit than that, but how much less I don't know.
73,
Dave AB7E
On 4/18/2019 2:45 PM, Joe Partlow wrote:
Has anyone ever considered using computer ribbon cable to make a
broadband dipole?
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