Telamon wrote:


I disregard everything Dave writes. If he could pay attention, which
unfortunately he can't he would recognize that the T2FD is basically a
folded dipole with modifications so it will load up on transmit. Those
modifications are a waste of time on receive and the reasons given are
the rational unlike the advice given by the short attention span guy.

As DxAce found out it will not pick up the signal levels his current
fairly long horizontal wires will with or without the T2FD
modifications.

Sorry, Telemon, but I disagree with you here. A stopped clock is
right twice a day, and so it is with Dave here.

Yes, the resistor is to avoid standing waves and turn it into a more
travelling wave antenna, much like such terrible receive antennas like
the Beverage and the Rhombic. (*sarcasm*)

My personal experience with wires and a T2FD is that the T2FD was
overall the better antenna with the wires having only occasional
advantages and some frequencies AND directions. The wires, BTW, have
extensive ground networks and about 20 ground radials.

For those not familiar with this antenna, this page is a good
jumping-off point for information (be sure to follow some of the
related links):

http://www.hard-core-dx.com/nordicdx...wire/t2fd.html

The late Joe Carr was an unabashed fan of this antenna, and he
certainly was a respected antenna authority for receive antennas with
a number of books under his belt, at least one of which was a
technically oriented book.

Regards,

--
Eric F. Richards

"Nature abhors a vacuum tube." -- Myron Glass,
often attributed to J. R. Pierce, Bell Labs, c. 1940