Yes but if it´s a slant-wire reflector why make it like
a cage? , personaly I see no need.
IMO if it´s a radiator (i e slanted-vertical) I can see
why they would make it like a cage.
73 Jim SM2EKM
K9AY wrote:
> de K3NA
>
>
>> I am curious about the use and design of an unusual high
>>power, low band antenna which I saw recently while cycling
>>in France. I wonder if anyone knows anything about it.
>>
>
>
> It's probably France Info on 1206 kHz (300 kW). Open-wire coax is common
> for power at this level, as is stub matching. Slant-wire reflectors are
> used to make broad directional patterns, usually with about 3 dB gain and
> several dB F/B. With the slant wire NE of the tower, it would beam into the
> city of Bordeaux, and on to the coast. This station is an easy one for US
> BCB DXers to hear, since it is high power, beamed more-or-less our way, and
> on a frequency that lies mid-way between the 10 kHz US channels.
>
> 73, Gary
> K9AY
>
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