Coax + Ladder Line
Ed Cregger wrote:
Another thing to consider is that the length of the 450/300 ohm twinlead
feedline is an important factor when considering the operational bandwidth
of said "dipole" antenna (it's only a dipole when operated at its resonant
length).
I have to chuckle when you bring this up in a discussion of that true
chimera, the G5RV. I've heard so many antennas called G5RV's that the
term means nothing any more - kinda of like scotch tape.
So yeah, I guess we should call it a doublet. Of course, all doublets
are dipoles at some point, and all dipoles are doublets.......
- 73 de Mike N3LI -
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