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 Ferrite Snap On Combo Pack is a convenient solution for troubleshooting RFI/EMI with various diameter cables ranging from 1/4″ to 3/4″ for use as either single turn or multiple turn ferrite chokes. The snap on chokes are useful for RF coax, AC/DC power cables, and device interconnection cables.
Always use a snap on 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 turns). Included in these combo packs are our most popular snap on sizes as follows:
Mix 75 Ferrite Snap On Combo 8 pack (RFI Suppression range is 150 KHz – 10 MHz)
FSB75-1/4 – 1/4″ ID – 4 pieces
FSB75-1/2 – 1/2″ ID – 2 pieces
FSB75-3/4 – 3/4″ ID – 2 pieces
Normal Retail price is $140 for these parts individually - this items qualifies your USA order for free shipping.
Excellent for AC/DC power cables on switching power supplies, variable speed motor controllers, and data/audio/video cables for AM broadcast RFI suppression.
Likewise Termination Resistor values vary from 500-1250 ohms and we have a good selection shown HERE: