[Antennas] Vertical question re current balun

[cboone at earthlink.net]

You dont want ANY radiation from the coax...best place for the balun is the feedpoint in any case.
Why a 3/8wl....I am curious?

Chris
WB5ITT

-----Original Message-----
>From: w6oa at juno.com
>Sent: Feb 5, 2007 5:50 PM
>To: dufferjames at hotmail.com
>Cc: antennas at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [Antennas] Vertical question re current balun
>
>The vertical will be a 3/8 wave ground mounted with 4 slightly elevated
>radials
>fed at the base through a series capacitor to tune out the inductive
>reactance 
>which by rights would pretty well make the feedline look into 50 ohms.
>
>Just thought if the I balun were located 1/4 wave from the feed point the
>feedline 
>between the balun and feed point would act like one more radial.
>
>73, Don, W6OA/7
>Winlock, WA
>