All Guard armories everywhere had/have them since I was a teenager [when
dirt was young]. They served/serve a specific purpose very well, wide
band coverage where nobody is trying to work DX.
We had fan dipoles [2 or 3 freqs] in SE Asia, tough to tune, especially
on missions. Fortunately, when they arrived with our gear, the guys in
the Philippines had already adjusted and marked them.
I wonder sometimes why coupled-resonator dipole haven't caught on in the
ham community. I've built several, the first when the WARC HF bands
opened. They're cheap, easy to build, and extremely easy to adjust, and
they're "a half-wave dipole" on every band with a predictable pattern
and balanced feed. I've never done more than 3 bands, but I've heard in
the past [anecdotally] doing 5 using those old crossed spacers designed
for cage elements.
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2016
- www.cqp.org
On 12/9/2015 6:10 PM, Ken G Kopp wrote:
The B & W antenna was/is a T2FD. I have several rolled up in my shed, and
all National Guard armories in Montana have them in use.
73 - K0PP
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