[TowerTalk] Barker & Williamson Model AC - 1.8 - 30 Antenna

[Jim Brown]

On Mon,1/4/2016 5:09 PM, Alan Swinger wrote:
> I have one of these and used it a few yrs back with the ground wire. Found it to be very marginal and not even a good dummy load. BTW, do not exceed the 1 KW PEP limit or that "Coupling" unit (just a big resistor) will burn up. Any decent dipole or windom is much better than this B&W piece of junk!

I just looked at this "antenna" on the Universal Radio website. It's a 
lousy excuse for an antenna -- in addition to the loss in that big 
resistor, the connection between those two ground rods is also a big 
resistor. And because it's low, there's even more loss, and most of what 
little it does radiate goes straight up.

To the original poster -- toss this piece of crap in the trash, buy a 
copy of the ARRL Antenna Book, some #14 wire at the big box store, a 
center insulator and end insulators from the Wireman, and make yourself 
a REAL antenna.

73, Jim K9YC