[UK-Contest] Inverted vee etc..... (Peter Hobbs)

Fraser Robertson f.g.robertson at open.ac.uk
Tue Feb 25 04:00:58 EST 2003


I've used this arrangement with various dipoles/doublets and find the
current balance is very good - typically about 5% difference when I've
checked.

73 Fraser G4BJM



>Current vogue is to place a balun
>at the 50R end to deal with balanced loads, avoiding the higher losses
>possible with reactive balun loads that Ivan alludes to. However, I'm
not
>too convinced about how equal the feeder currents would be with such an
>arrangement. I'd be interested to know if anyone has actually measured
or
>simulated the balance with such an arrangement?



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