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|    Roy Witt to TOM WALKER    |
|    Resurrected    |
|    11 Apr 14 14:41:44    |
      Greetings TOM!               Brer TOM WALKER wrote to Brer ROY WITT about Resurrected:               RW>> You can claim that it is all you want, but it isn't. To make it        RW>> resonant, it'll need a 50 ohm balun...               TW> OR adjust the feed Coax Length              Sure you will. 8^)              I used to think that way when I was an experimenting CBer c1965, chasing a       high SWR with coax lengths in intervals of 'wavelengths' and parts       thereof.              When you get an education in 'antenna theory', a balun or a gamma match is       so much easier to fab and put into service.                      R\%/itt - K5RXT               On Ward's exalted throne, he is still seated on nothing but his big arse.                            --- GoldED+/W32 1.1.5-31012       --- D'Bridge 3.99        * Origin: HAM Radio, aka Amateur Radio. 804? Over! (1:387/22)    |
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