04-11-14 14:41 Roy Witt wrote to TOM WALKER about Resurrected

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 RW> Greetings TOM!

 RW>  Brer TOM WALKER wrote to Brer ROY WITT about Resurrected:

Hi Roy and Tom,


 RW>> You can claim that it is all you want, but it isn't. To make it
 RW>> resonant, it'll need a 50 ohm balun...

 TW> OR adjust the feed Coax Length

 RW> Sure you will. 8^)

 RW> I used to think that way when I was an experimenting CBer
 RW> c1965, chasing a high SWR with coax lengths in intervals of
 RW> 'wavelengths' and parts thereof.

CB'ers were Licensed to USE their Radios, NOT EXPERIMENT with them.

 RW> When you get an education in 'antenna theory', a balun or a
 RW> gamma match is so much easier to fab and put into service.

This topic caused me to remember a friend showed me his 6 Meter antenna
with a BETA MATCH instead of a GAMMA MATCH on it.
It was a Hy-Gain antenna.

To me the Beta Match looked simpler to adjust so I got one for myself.

... I live in a quiet neighborhood, they use silencers
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