[TowerTalk] Fwd: current balance in ladder line?

[jimlux]

On 1/19/11 6:32 PM, Robert Harmon wrote:
>
> Hi Jim,
> This is a very interesting discussion.
> Suppose you are feeding a full wave delta loop with ladder line and
> one side of the loop is in close proximity to a large storage building
> with metal roof and siding.
> Do you think this could cause an imbalance in the loop which would
> contribute to unbalanced currents
> in the feedline ?


Yes..

But the real question, in a practical sense, is whether the weirdness in 
pattern from feedline radiation is bigger or smaller than the weirdness 
from having the building next to the antenna.