[TowerTalk] Balanced Line Question

[Larry]

Find an old Johnson Matchbox.  They're not autotune, but it's simple to 
tune them and they're designed for balanced loads.
Larry W4LK


On 07/13/2011 01:55 PM, Edward Sylvester wrote:
> I have a 130' Ladder Line-fed Dipole up 70' (600 ohm).  I feed it through a nice Palstar Auto Tuner with 4:1 Balun.  All my other antennas are coaxial-fed and near resonance. My amp and rig have a built-in tuners anyway, so tuning them is not a problem.
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> Since I only use this tuner for the ladderline-fed dipole, how much of an advanatge might I see if I were to go with a "Balanced Tuner?"  I know the 4:1 balun on the present tuner gets somewhat hot/lossy, but am I likely to notice the difference if I switch?
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> Thanks,
> Ed NI6S
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