Here's what some folk would call a "real" Fan Dipole: http://www.karinya.net/g3txq/temp/fan.png The 5 pairs of shorter legs are all exactly the same length. And here's a VSWR plot: http://www.karinya.net/g3txq/temp/fan_swr.png Approximately 3:1 on 40m, and *continuously* from 20m thru 10m. No resistors in sight ;) 73, Steve G3TXQ