> Remember the B&W Wide-Band Folded Dipole, often found over National
> Guard Armories, that's older than most of us? Very broad band in the
> middle of the HF spectrum, achieved with a 200 ohm [IIRC] resistor.
> While no so good for hams, NG soldiers are not known for DX'ing and it
> worked great for them over perhaps 4 or 5 working frequencies. The
> resistor burned half the power, and it also broadened the SWR curve
> dramatically by swamping out the changing complex impedance at the
> feedpoint.
>
> Incidentally, B&W was completely up front about how the antenna achieved
> such a broad band response in contrast with the claims of the "miracle
> antennas" advertised in the magazines.
>
> 73,
> Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
> Sparks NV DM09dn
> Washoe County
>
> On 12/5/2018 1:19 PM, N2TK, Tony wrote:
> > A number of years ago, the SWR on my shunt fed tower kept getting wider
> and
> > flatter. The feedline buried hardline with an aluminum jacket. The soil
> > here in upstate NY had eaten away the aluminum and produced a goo. When I
> > disconnected all the feedlines to the tower the shield on the 160M feed
> > showed a high resistance.
> > The shield of the other feedlines were providing the return path. So,
> nice
> > SWR but not a very efficient antenna.
> > 73,
> > N2TK, Tony
> >
>
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