On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 10:09:01 -0400, "WB3FUP \(Mike Hall\)"
wrote:

And another good reason the folded dipole FM antenna works so great. There
is actually science to support use of a 300 ohm antenna. who'd a thunk it.

Hi Mike,

What you describe is the feedpoint Z not the antenna Z which to all
intents and purposes is not far from the original, single-wire dipole.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Tricky Dick Sez -
What you describe is the feedpoint Z not the antenna Z which to all
intents and purposes is not far from the original, single-wire dipole.


Tricky,
After all these years you're catching on. What you really meant to say was
that the feedpoint impedance is not the same thing as the radiation
resistance.

'Antenna' impedance' in the present context is not a phrase known to radio
engineering. Please define.
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Reg