[AMRadio] Re: new antenna and matchbox a bust.

[ne1s]

Brett gazdzinski writes: 

> 
>> 
>> Ok, I'll bite on a possible solution. Can't for the life of 
>> me understand
>> why you would use RG214 back to the tuner. Two runs??? This 
>> isn't balanced.
> 
> Seems like it would be, why is it not balanced?
> I only use the center conductor of each coax, one for
> each leg of the open wire line.
> I tried it with the shields grounded and ungrounded,
> with no difference.  
> 
It is balanced, Brett, as far as I can understand your configuration from 
your description. The problem is this part of the feedline will have a 
characteristic impedance different (lower) than the rest of your feedline - 
which is OK, as long as you have adequate range on you're tuner to "suck it 
up." It sounds like you don't, though. 

 -Larry/NE1S