[TenTec] Broad Band Antenna

[Steve Ellington]

I tried one and it was 20db down from A G5RV at the same height on 80 and
75 meters. Higher bands weren't quite as bad. That big resistor gobbles up
lots of power. I took it back to the dealer for a refund.

On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Gerald C Totten wrote:

>
>   For the last four months I have been using a B&W broad band folded
> dipole fed with 50 ohm coax.  The antenna feed point is at 30 feet and
> the ends are a bit higher.  The SWR varies from 1:1 to a little over 2:1
> from 3.5 to 29.7 MHz.  The OMNI 6 ( and CORSAIR II ) seem to be very
> happy feeding it on any band but I do have a TEN-TEC 238 tuner in line
> and can adjust it for a 1:1 match on any band if I want to take the time.
>  This antenna comes with it's own 12 to 1 balun and compares very
> favorably with my Butternut HF-6V and Cushcraft R-7 with the advantage
> that it is very broad banded.
>   Anyone interested in this antenna can check out the U.S. Patent.(
> #4,423,423.)  And I hope this is not too much off topic because it
> compliments the features of my TEN-TEC station very nicely.
>
> 73 and a nice weekend to all,
> Jerry  K8JRO
>
>
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Steve Ellington N4LQ
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