[TowerTalk] Yagi Balun

[Bob Maser]

I just looked in an old ARRL Handbook and they say that you need a 1/2 wave 
of 50 ohm coax to match a T to 50 ohm coax.  You have to take the VF of the 
cable being used for the balun.

Bob
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bee Walton" <k4jld at juno.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 6:24 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Yagi Balun


> Three 29 year old TELREX MONOBAND yagi's are off the towers and on the
> ground for maintenance and repairs.  The factory made and installed coax
> baluns will be replaced.  If the baluns are replaced with a ferrite-bead
> type 1:1 balun such as the Force-12 brand, will the antenna pattern or
> other factors be changed?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bee K4JLD
> k4jld at juno.com
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