Go to W4RNL's web site and read his report on the TTFD antenna (the real
name for the B&W and others)...
I had one....still do....it does give you LOW SWR across the bands...BUT if
you want the BEST compromise and dont mind using a tuner, put up a dipole or
inverted V cut for the lowest freq possible and use a tuner with ladder line
or coax to it....you will get 3 S units (10-20db) better below 7 MHz and 3db
or so better at higher freqs with such an arrangement!

BTW W4RNL's web site is http://www.cebik.com/radio.html
and the link to his discussion on the TTFD is:
http://www.cebik.com/t2fd.html and
http://www.cebik.com/wbfd.html

Chris
WB5ITT

"Howard" wrote in message
news:C%lAd.602139$nl.127743@pd7tw3no...
i am thinking about the purchase of a Barker &Williamson BWD-90
all looks good
anybody have or any experence with this dipole
thanx
howard