[TowerTalk] KF4BWG

[David Gilbert]

I'm pretty sure that has been tried in the past, but as far as I know 
you're not going to get much broadbanding out of a wider conductor 
(versus a single wire) unless that wider conductor is an appreciable 
portion of a wavelength in width.  I used EZNEC+ to compare a 75m 
Inverted-V with a wire diameter of 0.1 inch with one having a wire 
diameter of 2 inches (cylindrical, not ribbon) and the 2:1 SWR bandwidth 
changed from 150 KHz to 200 KHz.  I assume the ribbon would give 
somewhat less benefit than that, but how much less I don't know.

73,
Dave   AB7E



On 4/18/2019 2:45 PM, Joe Partlow wrote:
> Has anyone ever considered using computer ribbon cable to make a 
> broadband dipole?
>