A follow up.
I removed the balun from the antenna and fed the RG-8x direct. There was no
significant change in any of the measured antenna characteristics.
73 de Bob - K0RC
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> Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 09:49:32 -0600
> From: "Robert Chudek" <k0rc@pclink.com>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Foam cables and velocity factor
> To: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>, <towertalk@contesting.com>
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> Tom,
>
> That's what the analyzer is telling me, 2.3 ohms.
>
> My final "adjustment" is going to be taking the 1:1 balun out and feeding
> the antenna direct with the RG-8x. I will rerun the test and see if this
> changes any of the numbers.
>
> 73 de Bob - K0RC
>
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