[TowerTalk] re: rhombics

[Jon, W4ZW]

Frank,

Rhombics don't have to be terminated.  If the far leg is open, it becomes
bi-directional.  If you terminate them try 600 to 800 ohms resistive.  I had
pretty good luck with mine on both 80 and 40, and it also worked on the
higher bands but with some rather strange lobes.  I also experimented with a
travelling wave antenna with 50 ohms pure resistive termination into a
ground field.  It worked quite well, but then sometimes you're just dumping
power into the termination.  A loop or phased loops would be fairly easy to
construct and should perform well on 6 meters.

GL.

Jon Hamlet, W4ZW
Casey Key Island, Florida

"A little bit of paradise in the Gulf of Mexico"



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