Topband: Topband Digest, Vol 149, Issue 17

[Kenny Silverman]

Bob. Your impedance is likely in the 25 ohm range, so you would need a 2:1 balun. A 4:1 likely overshot the 50 ohm mark. I'd just go with a hair pin coil between the vertical and ground. About  10 turns and maybe 3 " diameter. Spread coil to change match. Should get you to 1:1. Kenny K2KW

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> Hi we have a 30m top loaded monopole with the feed point about 2m above a large ground radial field. Right now we are feeding it through a 4:1 balun (not a unun) with 12.5 ohms on the balanced side, and the SWR is 1.4 with no matching network. Is this balun acting as a common mode choke? Do we even need a choke? Would an unun be better?
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> Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 06:40:14 +0200
> From: shristov <shristov at ptt.rs>
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> Bob Kupps wrote:
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>> Right now we are feeding it through a 4:1 balun (not a unun) with 12.5 ohms on the 
>> balanced side, and the SWR is 1.4 with no matching network.
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> You should get quite a reasonable SWR with no matching at all.
> A good high-impedance common mode choke is recommended.
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> 73,
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> Sinisa  YT1NT, VE3EA
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