This is really interesting. Anyone else have comments on this? Especially those who have used the b&w antennas.
Any other recommended alternatives besides maybe alpha delta and b & K?
A multiband antenna is certainly no replacement for a single-band antenna, but it doesn't seem you should have to pay too high a price in radiating
efficiency.
Don W6SMB
On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 00:02:29 -0400, Bob Tinney wrote:
Hi Steve,
The B & W folded dipole antennas, as I understand them, use a very
innefficient broadband matching choke that absorbs lots of your transmitted
power. That's what makes the antenna so quiet on receive. But if you run
lots of power, the antenna's inefficiency can be overcome running a
reasonable swr. I prefer a half wave dipole, but there are many good wire
antennas out there.
Bob Tinney, K8LR, [log in to unmask]
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Dresser
To: Bob Tinney
Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2004 11:41 PM
Subject: Re: hf wire antennas
Bob,
Out of curiosity, what antennas do you think perform better than the B&Ws,
and why?
Steve
On Saturday 8/14/04 15:44 Bob Tinney wrote:
>Sorry for the repeat, but here is my previous message without all of the
>garbage.
>Hi,
>I don't want to throw cold water on the B & w antennas, but the ones that I
>have heard have had consistently weak signal reports from this qth. I
guess
>that there swr readings are very good and that they are quite broadbanded,
>but the signals that I have heard from stations using those antennas have
>been consistently 2 to 3 s units weaker than signals from other antennas
>using the same power. If you don't mind running more power than is
>necessary to make up for the antennas inefficiencies, its a good choice.
>Bob Tinney, K8LR, [log in to unmask]
>----- Original Message -----
> From: Richard and Karlene
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2004 2:25 PM
> Subject: hf wire antennas
> Hi;
> I have been very interest in the b & w antenna info. How long is the
>folded
> B & W dipole that folks seem to have had luck with? Do we have any idea
> what comes with their mounting kit? I looked at it on line and it didn't
> really answer any questions.
> I am using a r8 vertical which works reasonably well except for the
noise
> level.
> Rich
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