Hi Mike!
Why don?t you like the coax-loop? Does it look bad or what??
The coax-loop is a very efficient balun and cost you practically nothing.
It makes the balanced antenna match to the unbalanced coax-cable and
prevent you from getting radioenergy on the outside of the coax-cable.
If you have the possibility of digging the coax into the soil before the coax
comes into your shack, it is even better.
I think you will have more loss in your balun than in the coax-balun. By
the way, the coax-balun does nothing to the impedance.
If you must use an ordinary balun make it 1:1, because the impedence of
a shortened dipole of this fashion is very close to 50 ohm +- some j ohm
if you are out of resonance.
73 de Owe /SM3CWE
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Hatzakis, Jr" <mike@hatzakis.net>
To: <antennaware@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 12:00 AM
Subject: [Antennaware] Baluns and Cushcraft D40
> I just bought a cushcraft D40, 40 meter rotatable dipole and want to try an
> alternative to the 12 loops of coax. Can I use an off-the-shelf balun used
> for dipoles? What is the feedpoint impedance of the dipole before the
> balun, ie., should I use a 2:1 or 4:1 balun? Ideas?
>
> Michael
>
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