All of this as well as others posting says typically the OFC antenna is
problematic in nature.
73
Bob, K4TAX
> On 7/9/2013 2:14 PM, k6jek wrote:
>> Among other things, they recommend two baluns at the feed point, a
>> hefty 4:1 followed by a choke balun,
>
> What is actually needed is a common mode choke with a VERY high common
> mode Z, sufficiently high that the common mode current is VERY small.
> That VERY high Z is what keeps it from frying with high power. It also
> kills both feedline radiation and reception.
>
> BTW -- sub-culture is a close relative of "religious." :)
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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