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.   
      
   Well even though the Balan Losses are measureed in tenths of a DB the   
   loss of the old single band half wavelength "Coax Balun" is even less!!!   
      
   By the wat there is a very intersting article in the May QST about a   
   Sleeve Antenna. They use an actual metal sleeve though.   
   And to make the project easier do use a Balun!!   
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