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Why is a folded dipole often used as the driven element of a Yagi?

  • A.It radiates more efficiently than a plain dipole of the same overall length
  • B.It is mechanically stronger and easier to mount on a boom than a plain dipole
  • C.It gives a wider radiation pattern that better illuminates the director row
  • D.Its four to one impedance step compensates for the loading by the parasites

Answer: D

Coupling drops the driving point resistance to perhaps eighteen ohms, and the folded dipole's factor of four raises that to about seventy, which a four to one balun then converts to fifty. It also widens the bandwidth a little. Its radiation is the same as a plain dipole's, and mechanical strength and pattern width are incidental. Choosing a driven element whose impedance transformation cancels the loading is neater than adding a separate matching network.

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