Broad Band Terminated Dipoles (BBTD, T2FD)

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?

BBTD at AK6R 1024x726 - Broad Band Terminated Dipoles (BBTD, T2FD)

 

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.

975804573 - Broad Band Terminated Dipoles (BBTD, T2FD)
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Solar Charge Controller RFI Kit - 3 I/O Ports

Solar-CC3
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Purpose. Simple, Effective RFI Kit consisting of 3 Solar Noise Filters (Mix 75) with 1/2" ID, for use on 3 Input/output ports such as Solar Panel Array input, Battery and Excess Load ports. Noise filters suppress noise and RFI at typical frequencies generated in solar charge controllers.

This kit is designed to choke common mode currents going into or exiting from your charge controller and they help keep common mode current out of the power line (or into your radio through the battery) which could cause interference to other devices connected to the same power line if not suppressed.

THE RFI KIT FILTERS ONLY SUPPRESS COMMON MODE CURRENT (SIGNALS) THAT ARE COMMON TO ALL WIRES IN THE CABLE, AND DOES NOT EFFECT INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENTIAL SIGNALS ON EACH WIRE. THE FILTERS HAVE NO EFFECT ON THE NORMAL SIGNALS CARRIED WITHIN THE CABLE.

If you use an inverter and experience RFI noise use additional mix 75 ferrite filters on the input and output of the inverter to help suppress this noise.Install both positive and negative wires through the same filter.

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