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.
This Ferrite Ring and Snap On Combo Pack features our two most popular ferrite filter sizes - the 1.4" ID ring for multiple turns of AC/DC or signal cables and the 1/2" ID snap on for signal cables like ethernet, audio, video, coax or data cables. You get 10 of the rings and ten 1/2" snap on ferrites - plenty to solve a complex RFi problem or several smaller ones.
The filters are useful for RF coax, AC/DC power cables, and device interconnection cables.
Always use a snap on or ring with a larger inside diameter than the diameter of the cable and use multiple turns if possible (2 turns through the snap on is the same as 4 snap ons with 1 turn).
Combo Pack includes the following:
F240-31 ring – 1.4″/35.6mm ID – 10 pieces
FSB31-1/2 – 1/2″/12.7mm ID – 10 pieces
Normal Retail price is $155 for these parts
Likewise Termination Resistor values vary from 500-1250 ohms and we have a good selection shown HERE: