Greetings TOM!   
      
    HG>HG>> The antenna Tom has is apparently based on the same design   
    HG>HG>> philosophy   
      
    HG>TW>> The Twin Booms are a modification of the basic design to assist   
    HG>TW>> impedence matching. The cross over wiring is used but mostly in   
    HG>TW>> TV antennas. But it still is an LPDA antenna   
      
    HG>> Correction, the dual boom design is the basic one.   
      
    TW> For Transmitting Antennas YES becaue it provides a better feed line   
    TW> match.   
      
   Show me an antenna, RX or TX, that doesn't need feed line matching.   
      
    TW> BUT for recieve only antennas the single boom is used by some   
      
   Yes, I have one of those. It isn't a LPDA, as it more closely resembles   
   the KLM LP Yagi...it too has the 'cross-over' matching device on it, but   
   each element is insulated from the boom. i.e. a yagi   
      
    TW> And when I tried to interject some ham Termonology I was told by   
    TW> Roy that we were talking aobut TV antennas.   
      
   You were mixing yourself up by talking one, then the other. If you want an   
   antenna that can receive locally transmitted high-power signals, no   
   biggie, just throw up a long wire and be done with it.   
      
   If you want to reach out and get reception from long distant TV   
   broadcasts, you'll need an antenna designed for that.   
      
      
       Have a day!   
      
            R\%/itt - K5RXT   
      
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