[TowerTalk] T2FD Antenna

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At 01:05 PM 8/24/2006, Norm Duxbury, W1MO wrote:

>Yes, Craig, the T2FD (Terminated Folded Dipole).  Gee, you must be old!  OK,
>I guess we're both old.
>
>73, Norm, W1MO
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At 01:05 PM 8/24/2006, you wrote:

>Yes, Craig, the T2FD (Terminated Folded Dipole).  Gee, you must be old!  OK,
>I guess we're both old.
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The article I remember was in the mid 50s, published in CQ Magazine. 
I think the author was G L Countryman (do not remember his call). It 
was a tilted, terminated (T2) folded dipole that was terminated with 
a 300 ohm "Globar" resistor and fed with 300 ohm line. In those days 
link coupling and 300 or 600 ohm line worked just fine. Later on, 
some tried 4 Globar resistors in series- parallel to be able to put 
more power into the antenna. We didn't worry too much about reactance 
of the resistive load. I probably did not  understood what it was.

If you Google T2FD you will find more than you ever wanted to know.

INK N4OO