[TowerTalk] 43ft Vertical Feeding Question and Balun type

[john at kk9a.com]

Why would you use any type of balun with a vertical?  A choke or unun would 
be more appropriate.  Also to work as well as possible the matching network 
should be at the base of the vertical.

John KK9A



To: Dan Zimmerman N3OX <n3ox at n3ox.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 43ft Vertical Feeding Question and Balun type
From: "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard at karlquist.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:02:37 -0700
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Voltage baluns for antennas have never made sense to me,
except for Yagis.  They have three output terminals, 0 degrees, 180
degrees, and "ground".  On a Yagi, the boom might actually
work as an RF ground, plus the load is well balanced.
How you would connect a voltage balun to a vertical and its
ground screen is completely unclear.  I also don't know
why you would want the 4:1 ratio.

Rick N6RK