[TowerTalk] B&W Folded Dipoles Recommended?

[Dino Darling]

The B&W site says this....


Q: Does the terminator (balancing network) create losses?

No, it does not create losses. It dissipates losses from the ever present 
lack of perfect antenna efficiency. No antenna is a perfect radiator. In 
transmit mode, the terminator absorbs energy that did not get radiated out 
of the antenna. In most antenna systems, this gets carried back to the rig 
where it can do
serious damage. For a terminator to create losses, it would have to have a 
low impedance. Our unit has a  high impedance.

and the July 2003 Pop Comm Magazine quote B&Ws President...

"The termination only dissipates energy that otherwise did not get radiated 
out of the antenna due to impedance mismatch and radiator inefficiency. In 
other words, if the SWR was 1:1 and the antenna wire was a perfect 
radiator, the termination would dissipate 0 watts."

I will look into the sky loop published by the ARRL 
(http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/Loop-H.html) too.  Thanks for all the advise, 
but more, for the EDUCATION!!!


At 08:01 AM 10/21/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>Hard to believe the B&W T2FD would outperform the G5RV, since the B&W
>dissipates a lot of the applied power in a resistive load opposite the
>feedpoint.....-WB2WIK/6

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