[TowerTalk] Folded dipole

[Tom Osborne]

Hi All

Looking to put up another 40 meter antenna.  Need a NVIS antenna for 
close-in work.

Is there any reason to put up a folded dipole instead of a tuned-feeder 
dipole?

I think when this antenna was popular, it was touted to have more bandwidth 
than a dipole.  But, if you have to use an antenna tuner to tune it anyway, 
there doesn't seem to be any advantage over a regular antenna, bandwidth 
wise.  73
Tom W7WHY