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|    TOM WALKER to ROY WITT    |
|    Resurrected    |
|    15 Apr 14 08:05:00    |
      rRW>Greetings TOM!                     RW> RW>> Brer TOM WALKER wrote to Brer ROY WITT about Resurrected:              RW> RW> RW>>> You can claim that it is all you want, but it isn't. To make it       RW> RW> RW>>> resonant, it'll need a 50 ohm balun...              RW> RW> TW>> OR adjust the feed Coax Length              RW> RW>> Sure you will. 8^)              RW> RW>> I used to think that way when I was an experimenting CBer c1965,       RW> RW>> chasing a high SWR with coax lengths in intervals of 'wavelengths'       RW> RW>> and parts thereof.              RW> TW> BUT it CAN be done.              RW>I know that it can be done, but doing so is a waste of time.              RW> TW> And while the point may be arguable I suspect that WHEN YOU find the       RW> TW> Perfect length it would be less loss than THE BALUN              RW>Loss? The perfect match will have no loss to speak of. This is why       RW>antennas are tuned with a balun or a gamma match, or as Ed says, Beta       RW>matched.                     RW> Have a day!              RW> R\%/itt - K5RXT                                                 RW>--- GoldED+/W32 1.1.5-31012       RW>--- D'Bridge 3.99       RW> * Origin: HAM Radio, aka Amateur Radio. 804? Over! (1:387/22)       ---        þ SLMR 2.1a þ 0         * Origin: Fidonet Since 1991 Join Us: www.DocsPlace.org (1:123/140)    |
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