On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 16:36:24 GMT, "Dale Parfitt"
I seem to recall that the wider bandwidth of the folded dipole configuration
is attributable to the effective larger diameter conductor- probably easily
offset by using a larger wire diameter in a classic wire dipole.

Dale W4OP
The dipole wire would have to be a half-inch in diameter for plain old
TV Twinlead. A T2FD is an example of a widebanded folded dipole.

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