Re: Topband: A little assistance needed with an attempt at a T antenna

[Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>]

On 1/4/2013 5:56 AM, Mike Armstrong wrote:
> After all the preliminaries, I want to try the T, but it definitely struck me 
> that the antenna, being OCFD as much as it is, is definitely NOT balanced side 
> to side.
By all means do it as a Tee, and don't worry about the imbalance. There 
is, however, a more important issue.  Most OCF antennas use a choke or 
balun in the feedline that is likely to fry if you load the antenna this 
way.
73, Jim K9YC


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