EV> RW>  Brer TOM WALKER wrote to Brer ROY WITT about Resurrected:   
      
   EV>Hi Roy and Tom,   
      
      
   EV> RW>> You can claim that it is all you want, but it isn't. To make it   
   EV> RW>> resonant, it'll need a 50 ohm balun...   
      
   EV> TW> OR adjust the feed Coax Length   
      
   EV> RW> Sure you will. 8^)   
      
   EV> RW> I used to think that way when I was an experimenting CBer   
   EV> RW> c1965, chasing a high SWR with coax lengths in intervals of   
   EV> RW> 'wavelengths' and parts thereof.   
      
   EV>CB'ers were Licensed to USE their Radios, NOT EXPERIMENT with them.   
      
   Actually the antenna is the only thing they can play with.   
   ALL else was out of bounds but widely ignored   
      
      
   EV> RW> When you get an education in 'antenna theory', a balun or a   
   EV> RW> gamma match is so much easier to fab and put into service.   
      
   EV>This topic caused me to remember a friend showed me his 6 Meter antenna   
   EV>with a BETA MATCH instead of a GAMMA MATCH on it.   
   EV>It was a Hy-Gain antenna.   
      
   EV>To me the Beta Match looked simpler to adjust so I got one for myself.   
      
   EV>... I live in a quiet neighborhood, they use silencers   
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