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

EV>Hi Roy and Tom,


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

EV> TW> OR adjust the feed Coax Length

EV> RW> Sure you will. 8^)

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

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

Actually the antenna is the only thing they can play with.
ALL else was out of bounds but widely ignored


EV> RW> When you get an education in 'antenna theory', a balun or a
EV> 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 antenna
EV>with a BETA MATCH instead of a GAMMA MATCH on it.
EV>It was a Hy-Gain antenna.

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

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