04-11-14 14:41 Roy Witt wrote to TOM WALKER about Resurrected   
      
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    RW> Greetings TOM!   
      
    RW>  Brer TOM WALKER wrote to Brer ROY WITT about Resurrected:   
      
   Hi Roy and Tom,   
      
      
    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   
      
    RW> Sure you will. 8^)   
      
    RW> I used to think that way when I was an experimenting CBer   
    RW> c1965, chasing a high SWR with coax lengths in intervals of   
    RW> 'wavelengths' and parts thereof.   
      
   CB'ers were Licensed to USE their Radios, NOT EXPERIMENT with them.   
      
    RW> When you get an education in 'antenna theory', a balun or a   
    RW> gamma match is so much easier to fab and put into service.   
      
   This topic caused me to remember a friend showed me his 6 Meter antenna   
   with a BETA MATCH instead of a GAMMA MATCH on it.   
   It was a Hy-Gain antenna.   
      
   To me the Beta Match looked simpler to adjust so I got one for myself.   
      
   ... I live in a quiet neighborhood, they use silencers   
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