Re: Franklin antennas

Posted by Phil Kane-2 on Sep 11, 2018; 11:37pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Franklin-antennas-tp7644982p7644984.html

On 9/11/2018 4:23 PM, Gmail wrote:

> KDKA, Pittsburgh, still has a Franklin, they are not a center fed
> vertical.  both the bottom and top sections are end fed.

KNBR San Francisco has a similar antenna.  I had been calling that a
"Franklin" for decades until I was corrected - a true "Franklin" is a
center-fed HW vertical dipole.

(Sorry if this is OT/Closed)

73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402
(FCC District Director - Retired)
From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon
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