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.
Broadband, Non-Inductive Termination Resistor load used on many terminated antenna types such as T2FD, Broadband Terminated Dipole (BBTD), Rhombics and others
Resistive Value: 500 ohms (+/- 10%)
SSB (25% duty cycle) rating in Watts: 600
CW/FT8 (50% duty cycle) in watts: 400
Length (tip to tip) Inches: 14"
Width inches: 3"
Inductance < 20 nH (1-61 MHz)Internal Resistance Wattage: 200 watts
If you need more power rating, consider putting two TR-1000-600 resistors in parallel for a total of 1200 watts at 500 ohms.
Many designs for BBTD antennas using termination resistors at HFLINK.COM
Likewise Termination Resistor values vary from 500-1250 ohms and we have a good selection shown HERE: