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Hallo,
I came across this antenna and it made me interested to learn more....I figure its a folded diapole? is this correct and is it a radio antenna or a tv antenna? I'm a newbie to all things antenna! thanks |
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ohm wrote:
Hallo, I came across this antenna and it made me interested to learn more....I figure its a folded diapole? is this correct and is it a radio antenna or a tv antenna? Kind of fuzzy picture but... Looks like it's a opened up folded dipole. Commonly refered to as a butterfly antenna. Two of them together with one set turns 90 degrees is called a turnstile or a clover leaf. Typically used as an FM transmitting antenna. Jeff |
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sorry about the fuzziness - its up quite high on an old building. I was interested in it especially because of the bespoke iron brackets that hold the iron tube that encases the wire. The tip seems to be quite a small loop.....does the wire running through the pipe also count toward the size of the antenna? And although it would typically be a transmitting antenna could it be a receiving antenna or is it too small a loop....or does the size matter!? |
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"ohm" wrote in message news ![]() Jeffrey D Angus;669752 Wrote: ohm wrote:- Hallo, I came across this antenna and it made me interested to learn more....I figure its a folded diapole? is this correct and is it a radio antenna or a tv antenna?- Kind of fuzzy picture but... Looks like it's a opened up folded dipole. Commonly refered to as a butterfly antenna. Two of them together with one set turns 90 degrees is called a turnstile or a clover leaf. Typically used as an FM transmitting antenna. Jeff Thanks Jeff.... sorry about the fuzziness - its up quite high on an old building. I was interested in it especially because of the bespoke iron brackets that hold the iron tube that encases the wire. The tip seems to be quite a small loop.....does the wire running through the pipe also count toward the size of the antenna? And although it would typically be a transmitting antenna could it be a receiving antenna or is it too small a loop....or does the size matter!? To me, it looks much more like a UHF communications (business band) antenna. The loop is the active part of the antenna, and appears much too small for a 100 MHz antenna... closer to 450-470 MHz. |
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