[BC] Franklin

[Neal Newman]

 The Reason I question this is because I did Not Notice any Insulators 
at the base of the tower  seems that  its Metal sitting on the concrete 
Base. Nore did I see any straps from that bottom section Down to the Ground.
 I would Think that If the bottom section of the Tower was also HOT  
there would  be Insulators at the Bottom also to prevent any arcing 
across wet  steel reinforced Concrete
 I would have thought the Gain came from the 2 Towers In Phase as a  
Dual vertical dipole array.
 so your saying in fact that its 4 sections feeding 180 over 180 in phase

Cowboy wrote:

>On Wednesday 20 July 2005 15:49, Neal Newman wrote:
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>> Very Cool so Basically a Franklin is a Vertical  center fed Dipole. I 
>>would assume with it Being such
>>there is No Ground Radial system?
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> No.
> It's 180 over 180 and both sections are fed IN phase.
> That's where the gain comes from.
> ( a coaxial colinear, such as a Phelps-Dodge StationMaster is the same principal )
> A dipole has the two sides out of phase.
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> As such, it does require a standard ground system.
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