Sometimes convenience is more important than 3 dB of power. That is the case for many installations, including those T2FDs on National Guard armories.
After all, EVERY antenna is a compromise of some sort. For example, consider the unidirectional Rhombic antenna, a staple of major commercial point-to-point stations since Marconi's day strung among a large field of telephone poles. A Rhombic is basically bi-directional with two main lobes 180 degrees apart in azimuth. But a resistor is added to make it unidirectional by absorbing half of the transmitter power that would normally be radiated in the "wrong" direction. 73, Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken G Kopp Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2017 10:28 AM To: [email protected] Cc: Elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Is it my KX3/antenna or is it lousy band condx? The antenna Jim's is referring to (below) is ... I believe ... better known as a "T2FD". In a case of conning the unknowing B & W ... and maybe even themselves ... sold hundreds of them to the Army National Guard. You see them hanging above every armory here in MT. ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
