[AMRadio] Off topic - Antenna Question

[Craig McCartney]

Brian,

Contact Shorty, K6JSI.  H has a similar setup.

73,
Craig McCartney
Palomar Park Radio, W6DRZ



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My antenna finally went down with the help of my 200+ lbs great dane.  I
have used a simple 1/2 wave dipole for years fed with ladder line.

I want to build a 1 1/4 wave (some refer to it as a Double extended Zepp)
for 80 meters.  Question I have is that most the designs I see are using a
stub of ladder line into a 4:1 balun.  I have a very large home brew link
coupled (balanced) tuner.  The coil came out of an old BC transmitter.  Can
I not simply run a proper length of ladder line directly to my tuner from
the antenna?  I don't want to use ferrite baluns in any of my antenna
systems.

Thanks & 73
Brian / w5ami


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