What's a cage dipole

[N2RJ]

And why would I want one?

[WØTKX]

Bandwidth man, bandwidth...

[kd6nig]

I prefer my dipoles to be free range.

(Ok, you can groan and toss veggies at the stage now.)

[ki4itv]

And why would I want one?

'cause it's safer to have some iron between you and the wildlife on say, 14.275?
(and some other known zoo freqs)

[N8YX]

General rule of thumb:

The larger diameter the conductor, the more bandwidth it'll exhibit at a given frequency. A cage dipole makes use of several evenly-spaced wires for each leg; the spacers are usually made of bamboo or other lightweight material.

http://www.qsl.net/kt4or/antenna.html

http://www.astel-comms.com/images/cage_dipole.gif

[N2RJ]

So basically it's so that I can cover the whole of 75m/80m with one dipole?

[N8YX]

So basically it's so that I can cover the whole of 75m/80m with one dipole?

Yep...

[PA5COR]

You can do the same with an OCF.

:D

[W6PU]

And why would I want one?


Any thing that you can do to make an antenna "THINK" that it has more surface area, or is

Thicker than it actually is, will increase it bandwidth! ....That's why I formed my 160 Mtr.

Capacity Top Loaded vertical as a giant triangle 70 feet on each leg. The stupid vertical

actually thinks that it is a huge windmill type tower :mrgreen: and is flat from 1.800 to 1875

Same reason that some Mfgs. use thick elements on two meter Yagis


http://www.artificialowl.net/2008/12/ab ... tenna.html (http://www.artificialowl.net/2008/12/abandoned-giant-duga-3-system-antenna.html)



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