[Antennas] balun and dipole question

Thu Dec 8 10:42:24 EST 2005

This is true if using a balanced tuner to feed balanced line.
Coming out from a modern transmitter/transceiver is an
unbalanced load... and he said his tuner was unbalanced,
so putting the balun between the radio and the tuner is
not a good option.
If he were using a balanced tuner I would agree with your
statement.
73,
Bill KA8VIT
Robert Lay (W9DMK) wrote:
 >A balun placed at the tuner output is of no advantage, so far as I can 
see. The balun should probably be on the other side of the tuner where 
it sees a better match. >See the Dick Measures tuner design in Feb 1990 
QST.
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