I haven't read the article, but I expect the word 'resonant' is
incorrectly used.

Any antenna terminated with real resistors into the ground is generally
a traveling wave non resonant antenna.

In addition to radiating some of the RF it also wastes some of the RF in
the two load resistors.

It should work but not as well as a 110 foot inverted vee, open wire
feeders and a tuner.

Deacon Dave, W1MCE

Ken wrote:

Joe Cro N3IBX says his "big antenna" is resonant from 1500 kHz to 46
mHz.

It is a military inverted-V, 110 ft. long total, with each end
terminated in a 150 ohm resistor driven into the ground, center fed
through a 9:1 balun.

Assuming this is not an April 1 joke:

(1) What are the drawbacks to this antenna?

(2) What is the feedline?

(3) Is there any more information about this type of antenna?

(4) What is the point of burying the resistor, rather than one lead?

Ken KC2JDY

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