[Elecraft] Balun loss

Earl W Cunningham [email protected]
Tue Dec 16 23:39:01 2003


Ron, AC7AC wrote:

"The only way to stop them in a conductor is to place it so the RF
currents induced in it are exactly opposite  and equal to produce a net
zero current. In a dipole that means running the feedline away at exactly
right angles."
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This can possibly alleviate the common mode current coupling between the
coax and the antenna, but the recommended method is to use a choke balun,
per the ARRL Antenna Book.

73, de Earl, K6SE