Topband: THE ITINERANT 160 METER ANTENNA PROJECT

[Tom W8JI]

> 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.


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73 Tom