There are plenty of Allen Bradley 1w real carbon composition resistors
on ebay at prices ranging from $0.25 ea to absurdium. Buy some that you
can series/parellel to get the value you want. If it doesn't say A-B on
the packaging, squash one in your vice. I've found wire-wounds inside
some (l
Andy,
I used the "double-L" which, I agree, is really a bent vertical dipole
(BVD). After rewarding performance on 160m when hung from an 80-ft
tower with about 3-ft separation and the bottom leg about 6 ft above
(very poor) ground, I added an 80m element in parallel - the "double
double-L" or doub
Here is a follow up...
I got a few responses, mostly with people telling me to model it or giving me
examples of their antennas. I did not model it yet (I will eventually), but did
some more reading. I want to restate my issue. A few radials are ok, but
staying 2-dimensional would really help
