On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 22:33:28 -0700, Eric F. Richards
wrote:

Bob Miller wrote:

Cebic has some interesting feedpoint info on the terminated folded
dipole at http://www.cebik.com/gup/groundup.html

Thanks, I'm going to be looking at it soon.

Also, I'm guessing the signal loss he mentions might be why some find
the antenna to be "quiet."

When I compare it against my 400 foot wire with a ground, matching
network, radials, etc., I find that the S/N ratio is far better on the
T2FD. In fact, usually, the signal level is indistinguishable on
receivers with accurate S meters.

There are exceptions, of course -- the T2FD doesn't do as well below 2
MHz, but then it wasn't designed to. Above there, the T2FD is the
better all 'round player. If I had to have only one of my two
antennas, there simply would be no competition.

I'd wonder how it would compare to an ordinary non-folded,
non-terminated dipole, although that might not be a valid comparison,
since a dipole is typically designed for a single frequency. Oh,
well...

bob
k5qwg