Questions tagged [folded-dipole]
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Coaxial Folded Dipole Antenna Matching Impedance
In http://www.nsw.wicen.org.au/technical/projects/coaxial-folded-dipole-antenna, the guy is using a 50 ohm coax cable to build a folded dipole antenna and claims that this will enable use at 50 ohm (I ...
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What sort of radiation efficiency can one expect from a folded dipole?
It is pretty well established that folded dipoles have much greater acceptable-SWR bandwidth than ordinary dipoles.
Radiation efficiency is simply the quotient of radiated power to the antenna ...
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How does a folded dipole work?
A folded dipole is like an ordinary dipole, but with the ends extended and folded back, until they meet. Although it looks like a loop, I'm told it behaves similarly to a dipole.
How does this thing ...
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Why do folded dipoles have greater bandwidth than ordinary resonant dipoles?
This is something I've read in passing, but never encountered an explanation of why. For example, Wikipedia says:
Another common place one can see dipoles is as antennas for the FM band; these are ...
