[Antennas] Why not twin lead?

George, W5YR [email protected]
Mon, 22 Apr 2002 15:09:04 -0500


My first Yagi - 4 elements wide-spaced on 10 meters - was fed with 300-ohm
TV twinlead and a delta match. That was 1947 . . .

73/72/oo, George W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas         
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David W Sher wrote:
> 
> I once had a 10-el yagi on 2 meters with 200-300 (?) ohm impedance, fed
> with RG-58, using a 4/1 balun also made from RG-58.  See the ARRL Antenna
> Handbook for details.
> Dave          W9LYA
> What wrought doG hath?