>>Not only that, but taping the choke to the boom is adding extra
>capacitance between one side of the driven element and the boom. In
other
>words, taping the "choke balun" directly to the boom is making the
antenna
>more UNbalanced! It's amazing to watch people doing this...
>
> So what else are you supposed to do with it? It obviously isn't a
fatal
>problem.
>
>Cheers,
>Steve K7LXC
>TOWER TECH
>
It obviously isn't a fatal problem, but taping a coil of coax directly
onto the boom will always UNbalance the antenna, more than balance it.
If you use a ferrite balun for the better broadband performance, then
the boom problem disappears as well, as I said yesterday and Geo N4UA
has kindly confirmed.
73 from Ian GM3SEK
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