King Zulu wrote:
Well, the FW dipole may not have had all the advantages I thought it did -
but it worked well enough that I stopped bothering with the 2-element wire
beam on 40m for the contests. It's a bit like fishing - if you believe in
your equipment you will usually do better than if you don't. HI

It's not a bad antenna and I didn't mean to knock it. I like
that 40m pattern where it has 280 degrees of beamwidth. It's
actually better than a cloverleaf beamwidth pattern.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp