[Antennas] Quad matching

[Wendell Wyly - W5FL]

Hi Tom.  I have the same experience you have with the matching  
sections.  I simply put a home-made relay box on the bottom spreader  
to switch all  5 quad loops on the driven element and feed it with a  
single coax up the tower.

I did get a transformer/balun from lightning bolt quads several years  
ago, but never tried to use it and he got out of the business!  Hope  
to get my quad back up in the air after lying on the ground for the  
last 5 years, but not willing to try anything different than described  
above.


On Nov 4, 2009, at 10:34 PM, Tom Horton wrote:


  I have been using quads for the better part of 50 years and I have  
always used 1/4 wl transformers of RG-11 to RG8.
  Has anyone ever built a single point transformer for one? I know  
that Cubex among others have them for sale, but was interested in  
trying to build something to use with a single feedline for a change.  
Any ideas or thoughts or refs?
  Thanks,
  Tom K5IID


"If It Weren't For The United States Military There Would Be NO United  
States of America ."

September 11, 2001
We can never, never forget !
If we aren't free and alive,
absolutely nothing else matters !


Tom Horton K5IID
Hillsboro, TX


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