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From: w7why@mail.coos.or.us (Tom Osborne)
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 16:39:41 -0700
w8ji.tom wrote:

> I don't have the compendiums, but I do know that Bill Orr and a few >others 
> (including one manufacturer) incorrectly claim the folded >elements raise 
> radiation resistance and reduce ground requirements. >That claim is, of 
> course, nonsense.

Hi Tom.
Making the vertical into a folded monopole makes it easier to match than
a single vertical.  I've put up a couple of them for 80 and they are a
great match to 50 ohm coax.  Are they less effective than a regular
vertical or about the same.  Thanks and 73
Tom W7WHY

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