I would like to build a 40 meter sloper array based on K3LR's QST
article of 1994. (This article is still available on the web, although
I do not have its url handy (google K3LR sloper array - it was for 160
meters). In it he used a bead balun on RG142. I would like to know if
I can use the simple coax balun used by many on antennas (8 or so turns
on a 4 or 6 inch diameter circle). I am suspicious that doing so would
cause the coax lines on the parasitic elements to no longer be the
proper length for 153.45 degrees, acting sort of like a loading coil.
Am I correct to assume this would be a bad idea?
Thanks,
Dave K1VUT
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