Pete Smith wrote:
>And here's where I part company with you, Jon. An antenna with a 750-ohm
>feedpoint impedance, fed with open wire line through a tuner and balun,
>could be a very *good* antenna, indeed. The real issue is the loss
>performance of the feedline at relatively high VSWRs.
Fed with open wire feedline, you are correct. It's a fine antenna.
Fed with coax, it isn't.
73,
Jon
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