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Re: [TowerTalk] AV-640 (was GapChallenger ComparisonTesting Studies)

To: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] AV-640 (was GapChallenger ComparisonTesting Studies)
From: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:22:56 -0700
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On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:35:49 -0400, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:

>This made the
>single wire a "flat," non-radiating line.  If the single wire, off
>center fed antenna had any significant RF in the shack or feed line
>radiation, it wasn't a Windom in your definition of the term.

I'm not so sure I would agree with the premise that impedance matching 
at an off-center point provides balance. Balance and VSWR are two very 
different things, and one neither guarantees or precludes the other. 

73,

Jim K9YC



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