I sold dozens to a contractor that was supplying R&R ham gear to Gulf War II. The package included TS-450's and feedback was they worked very well for out of hamband phone patches, etc.
Carl ----- Original Message ----- From: "W0UCE" <[email protected]> To: "'Herb Schoenbohm'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 10:12 PM Subject: Topband: T2FD Antennas > While I was selling, designing and installing Military, Embassy and > Coastal > Radio Station upgrades and new installations all over Asia and their > counterparts around the world I was amazed how many B&W Folded Dipoles > were > specified in tenders, solicitations and requirement documents. I sold > hundreds of them, the customer received what the customer wants and paid > for. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Herb Schoenbohm > Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 11:30 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Topband: Antennas > > Price, The Military and U.S. Embassies use T2FD type of antennas all > over their deployment perhaps due to the fact that they do work as long > as you have plenty of horsepower to feed them with. I think the > requirement of frequency agility for their requirement outweighs the > inherent inefficiency. If you don't mind putting a "radiating dummy > load" in the air then perhaps it is not such a bad idea. The design is > still part of the military nomenclature with an ANN number and their is > one on the VI national Guard building a few blocks from my office. It > is hooked to a 10KW Harris 2-30 Mhz box to connect to FEMA Region 2 on a > multitude of frequencies driving by the propagation at the moment. The > T2FD mil spec version is supposed to be rugged enough to work through > and survive a Cat 4 hurricane. None of my antennas nor towers could make > that claim. > > > Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ > > > > On 8/3/2012 10:21 AM, HAROLD SMITH JR wrote: >> Hi Tom, >> >> I am suprised that no one has brought up the "T2FD" antenna and >> of course the B&W "All-Band" antenna. >> >> It was in one of the magazines back in the (50s?). >> >> 73 >> Price W0RI >> _______________________________________________ >> UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2437/5176 - Release Date: 08/04/12 > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
