Broad Band Terminated Dipoles (BBTD), Tilted Terminated Fold Dipoles (T2FD) and Balanced Termination Folded Dipole BTFD) antennas can be designed to cover a large range of frequencies between 1.8 30 MHz. Longer length antennas generally provide better low frequency efficiency but take up a larger footprint of land. One BBTD that has worked well at the AK6R antenna farm is shown below. Many other designs are available and can be found at www.HFLINK.COM as well as other internet sites. Your mileage may vary using this antenna, but as a general coverage antenna for ham and shortwave broadcast, the simplicity can’t be beat even though an individual dipole on a specific band may out perform this broad band dipole. Palomar Engineers has all the parts you need to build this antenna, so why not give it a try?
Depending on the source of the antenna design, different value baluns are specified. Our Bullet(TM) baluns in ratios of 9:1, 12:1 and 16:1 are excellent for this type of antenna as they are broadband from 1.8-61 MHz and will take up to 500 watts PEP.
Got an electronic interference problem on your boat or RV? Do you hear HUM-BUZZ-NOISE when you use the fish finder/radar/GPS/Generator or hear your voice on the stereo speakers when you transmit on the radio? Maybe you heard buzzing or humming when you turned on the battery charger/inverter/generator – any of these symptoms indicate you have RFI issues on your boat or RV and you need to stop it or the HUM-BUZZ-NOISE may drive you nuts!
But you don’t have to worry – We got the fix for you – lots of filters, all in a small box, that are easy to install on the wires of your electronic stuff that is bothered by the RFI.
If you have RFI, you need this kit:
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Boat Owner’s Electronic Interference Suppression Kit Use this filter kit to suppress interference noise between electronic devices on your boat including: radar, fish finders, audio/video systems, inverter noise, solar controllers, vhf radio, marine/ham radio, auto pilots, electronic gauges, PA systems, and many other electronic devices. |
What is included:
A total of 17 Ferrite Ring/Snap-On Filters
Ring: 1.4” ID x 6, Snap on: 3/8” ID x 6, 1/2” ID x 5
Mix 31 Interference Range: 1-300 MHz
Likewise Termination Resistor values vary from 500-1250 ohms and we have a good selection shown HERE: