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.
The RFI-INVERTER is a common mode noise filter set which filters both the DC input and AC output of DC-AC inverters. These filters effectively isolate the DC power cord and AC output cable from acting as antennas for the internal switching power supply. The filters suppress RFI from 150 KHz to 10 MHz. Simple to install on cables without any device modification. DC filter is a ring and AC output filter is a snap on with 1" inside diameter hole.
For larger cables use the ACCF-3 and DCCF-3 ring filters with 3" inside diameters and use multiple turns on each cable for best results.
AC power strip shown in picture NOT INCLUDED - this is user supplied and shown for illustration of filter installation.
Likewise Termination Resistor values vary from 500-1250 ohms and we have a good selection shown HERE: