[TowerTalk] Cage dipole alternatives

[Bill Aycock]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <john at kk9a.com>
To: <TOWERTALK at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Cage dipole alternatives


> W4HV informed me that DX Blaster 80m cage dipole uses 1 meter spreaders.
> These spreaders are much larger than the cage dipole example in the ARRL
> Antenna book so the 400 KHz bandwidth claim is very possible without
> feedline looses.
>
> John KK9A
>
I don't think the bandwidth he claims is in question. It's the gain claims.
An earlier visit to  his site showed spreaders for sale. They are not there 
now. I wonder why, and if they would sell some, anyway?
Bill-W4BSG