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Re: [TenTec] OCF antennas evolution

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] OCF antennas evolution
From: Steve Hunt <steve@karinya.net>
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Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 21:52:18 +0100
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Because:

a) It's a voltage balun and therefore will drive *unequal* currents into anything except a perfectly balanced load. A voltage balun has *zero* common-mode impedance.

b) Its a 4:1 balun; so, used with a doublet/ladderline combination, it will typically cause higher tuner losses for a large range of feeder lengths than would a 4:1. See:
http://www.karinya.net/g3txq/tuner_balun/

I use a good 1:1 current balun external to my 238 tuner with my doublet/ladderline system.

Steve G3TXQ



On 11/07/2013 21:20, Mike Bryce wrote:
Why not use the internal balun in the 238?

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 11, 2013, at 3:00 PM, "Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP" <Rick@DJ0IP.de> wrote:


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