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Originally Posted by Jeffrey D Angus
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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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!?
March 18th 09, 10:52 PM
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