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   Message 349 of 2,531   
   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!   
      
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