[Elecraft] Bal[un] (was: Buddipole vs. tuner and wire)

[Brian Lloyd]

OK, I am convinced - keep the tuner and the wire. So, that brings up a  
second question: balanced vs. unbalanced.

Wire antennas that do not require a counterpoise are usually loops or  
dipoles, i.e. inherently balanced even if not resonant. Most tuners  
offer an unbalanced output. SGC says, just connect up the antenna.  
Seems to me that a balun would improve things and keep RF off the coax  
and power leads to the tuner. But how well do baluns handle huge  
mismatch?

Just off the top of my head, it seems to me that the tuner at the top  
of a pole with two legs sloped down, i.e. inverted-V, would make a  
pretty good omni all-band antenna.

More thinking aloud.

Brian Lloyd
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