"JGBOYLES" wrote in message
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Hi,
Since much has been made of the pros and cons of the B&W dipole or T2FD,
I
thought it would be interesting to see if other amateurs have managed to
homebrew one of these. The B&W costs $200 USD. Seems like one could make
something that has the same amount of inefficiency for a lot less dollars.
Maybe use resistance wire (nichrome?), or connect a light bulb at the
feedpoint. The Isotron has been mentioned, but it costs too much. Any
ideas?
73 Gary N4AST

Try this: a 16 Ohm resistor in series with each side of the dipole, and a
100 Ohm resistor across the feedpoint. Unless I messed up, this will give
you SWR = 2:1 for all conditions including shorted, and absent dipoles.
Tam/WB2TT