Dr. Slick wrote:
There are broadband folded dipoles for VHF,
but you don't get something for nothing! They may
be adequate across the band, but nothing beats
a dedicated antenna.

Here's something for virtually nothing. Take a
commercial FM folded dipole, vary the feedline length,
and you have a tunable folded dipole peaking at your
frequency of choice. The tuning can be done by mounting
two telescoping antenna sections side-by-side.
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73, Cecil, W5DXP