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 and Ring Combo Pack is a convenient solution for troubleshooting RFI/EMI (1-300 MHz) with various diameter cables ranging from 3/8" to 1.4"/35.6mm for use as either single turn or multiple turn ferrite chokes using ferrite rings and snap ons.
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). Included in these combo packs are our most popular snap on sizes as follows:
Combo Pack includes the following:
F240-31 ring – 1.4″/35.6mm ID – 3 pieces
FSB31-3/8 – 3/8″/9.5mm ID – 6 pieces
FSB31-1/2 – 1/2″/12.7mm ID – 6 pieces
FSB31-1 – 1″/25.4mm ID – 1 pieces
Normal Retail price is $112 for these parts
Likewise Termination Resistor values vary from 500-1250 ohms and we have a good selection shown HERE: