On Dec 10, 2011, at 12:38 PM, Paul Christensen wrote: > I've got new respect for the folded dipole (FD). The bandwidth of the FD is > about 40% better between 2:1 VSWR points than a straight wire dipole.
Yes, and a 3-wire dipole nearly doubles the SWR bandwidth relative to a regular dipole. As you say, the antenna is not useable on even harmonics but for some, having to put up a separate 40-meter dipole is a small price to pay for being able to cover a large chunk of 80/75 meters without having to retune an antenna coupler. Bud, W2RU ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
