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.

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FT240-3I, ID=1.4", AC/DC/Coax Noise Filter, RFI Range 1-300 MHz, Bulk Pack of 10

F240-31-10

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MPN: F240-31-10

Country/Region of Manufacture: China

RFI Range (MHz): 1-300 Mhz

ID-B (in/mm): 1.4/35.6

OD-A (in/mm): 2.4/61

Height-C (in/mm): .5/12.7

Weight (oz/gm): 188 grams

Initial permeability: 1500

Case/Box lot size: 100

Bulk pack of 10 ferrite ring cores - Very useful for AC/DC power, coax cable common mode current suppression. For highest choking resistance, wrap cable through center of ring as many turns as possible. DO NOT use for impedance transformers (2:1, 4:1, 9:1, etc.) - use Mix 43 or Mix 61 for high power.

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