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Re: [TowerTalk] Quad antenna matching which is best gammamatch or using

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Quad antenna matching which is best gammamatch or using coax...
From: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:23:02 -0800
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On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:25:12 -0800 (GMT-08:00), 
larryjspammenot@teleport.com wrote:

>Are there any advantages to using a bead balun (like the stack of 
>Palomar beads) right at the feedpoints for each band on a multiband
>quad?

Yes, but those beads are expensive (relative to value) and a 
toroidal choke is FAR better. See

http://audiosystemsgroup.com/RFI-Ham.pdf

http://audiosystemsgroup.com/NCCC-CoaxChokesPPT.pdf

73,

Jim Brown K9YC


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