B&W has marketed a broadband folded dipole antenna that has a resistor terminating the top wire for decades. They are indeed "broadband" and they must have sold a gazillion to the military because you regularly see them over National Guard and Reserve armories. They're great for the military who generally are not chasing DX or weak signals. Hams ... not so much. To their credit, the resistor has never been a secret.
73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013 - www.cqp.org On 11/19/2012 2:11 PM, Ken G Kopp wrote: > Another two cents worth ... > > A few years ago there was a dipole advertised in QST and other > places that claimed to be "broadband with a very low SWR on all > bands". Turns out an XRAY of the junction box / center insulator > revealed a resistor (50 ohms?) in parallel with the coax connector > and the dipole. (;-) ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
