[TowerTalk] B&W Broadband Folded Dipoles

[w8ji.tom]

> How do the 1.8-30 or 5.0-30 MHz antennas work in comparison to other wire
> antennas or are they just a fancy dummy load with wires attached?  Anyone
> out there ever used one?

They are fancy radiating dummy loads. If you want the same thing, save
money and put up your own dipole. Run two cables to the feedpoint,
attaching them both in parallel. Feed one, and attach the other to a dummy
load.

Sommer makes a broadband vertical that operates the same way.

73 Tom

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