[Elecraft] Balanced AT

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

Oh, I think I understand the distinction your making now.


On 7/9/07 09:12, "Ian J Maude" <ian at gb7mbc.net> sent:

> David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
>> Isn't an inverted V balanced? - Sorry, I'm still new to this - SGC certainly
>> does tune balanced antennas afaik - there are lots of examples of that
>> quoted in the forums.
>>   
> The antenna *could* be balanced, dependent on what you feed it with.
> The SCG tuner will tune balanced aerial systems but is not AFAIK a
> balanced tuner.
> 
> Ian
>> In the manual (http://www.sgcworld.com/Publications/Manuals/237man.pdf),
>> page 22 shows both a dipole and an inverted V.
>> 
>> 
>> On 7/9/07 08:29, "Ian J Maude" <ian at gb7mbc.net> sent:
>> 
>>   
>>> David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
>>>     
>>>> Doesn't an SGC fit this bill? I use an SG237 to tune a portable inverted V
>>>> fed by 300ohm (or thereabouts) ribbon - arms cut at 20m, on a 10m
>>>> telescopic
>>>> pole and it tunes up on 80m - 10m a treat.
>>>> 
>>>> Am I missing something in your post?
>>>>   
>>>>       
>>> Yes, you are missing the word 'balanced' :-)
>>> 
>>> Ian
>>>     
>> 
>>   
> 

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