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Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: effect of two wire antennas end to end

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: effect of two wire antennas end to end
From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 10:25:43 -0800
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On Wed,2/25/2015 10:17 AM, Tom Osborne wrote:
With both legs being different length, wouldn't there be an unbalance in the feedline?

YES! Which makes them subject to noise pickup. And which makes them difficult to choke -- the high common mode voltage fries the choke.

73, Jim K9YC
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