[R-390] Baluns Caps and Ballasts

[rbethman]

Nick,

Thanks for the information!

Bob - N0DGN

On 7/21/2011 12:23 PM, Nick England wrote:
> FWIW - the Navy's AN/FRD-10 CDAA (Wullenweber, Elephant Cage) systems
> ran unbalanced co-ax from the antennas to the multicouplers -and the
> multicouplers and RF switches had unbalanced coax outputs to the
> receivers.
> See RF cabling diagram at
> http://www.navy-radio.com/rcvrs/frd10/cdaa-flow.JPG
> and more info and manuals at
> http://www.navy-radio.com/frd10.htm
> cheers,
> Nick K4NYW
> www.navy-radio.com
>
> On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 12:04 PM, rbethman<rbethman at comcast.net>  wrote:
>> If indeed the Elephant Cage antenna systems were balanced feed-line, I
>> cannot tell from any photos I've seen.  It would make a real difference.
>>
>> However, the multi-couplers do not appear to have had balanced input.
>>

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