> The claim was made in the last several editions of the Radio Handbook in > describing a TV twinlead folded Marconi for 160m.
I believe the idea was not in QST, because at that time QST had good technical editing. There were very few gross technical gaffs in QST back then. As I recall, the idea originally appeared in either 73 or CQ Magazine. This illustrates the danger of non-peer reviewed technical articles. I personally know of at least a half-dozen AM BC stations that invested money in converting to folded unipoles, and a company in Texas started producing antennas based on that silly idea. http://www.w8ji.com/radiation_resistance.htm 73 Tom _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
