Greetings Ed!

 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.

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

CBers were licensed to use their radios in a manner complient with the
FCC's Part 97 rules. Not many did. And, what's the use in having a xmitter
if you can't experiment with it? Besides, the mental capabilties of 99% of
CBers left me with no interest in talking to 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.

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

Why not build one that doesn't need either?

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

My entire being was interested in building my own antennas, rather than
talking about it.

    Have a day!

         R\%/itt - K5RXT






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