[TowerTalk] feeding a Moseley S-403 40 meter three el. beam

[john at kk9a.com]

What is a link coupled driven element?

John KK9A


To:	John King <k5pgw at yahoo.com>, towertalk at contesting.com
Subject:	Re: [TowerTalk] feeding a Moseley S-403 40 meter three el. beam
From:	"Ray, W4BYG" <w4byg at att.net>
Date:	Tue, 09 Dec 2014 13:47:38 -0500

John,
I have had the S-402 for years, which I believe has the same kind of a DE
and parasitic coil configurations. If my memory serves me right, the
reason they do not specify a balun, is the driven element coil is link
coupled and matched to 50 ohms, eliminating the need for a balun..
Regards,
Ray, W4BYG