I had previously said that I had a G5RV type dipole that I made myself. After
repairing it today following a run in with a tree branch last Wednesday, I
realize that it isn't quite that. It is more of an "off center fed dipole". It
isn't the classic "Windom off center fed" where one leg is twice as long as the
onther. On my antenna one leg is approximately 50 feet long, and the other leg
is around 60 to 65 feet. It is fed with 300 ohm radio shack twin lead-about a
25 foot run, which goes to a 4:1 voltage balun, and then to 75ohm RG-11 coax to
the shack.
Given this new revelation, that it is a off center fed dipole, what is now the
best balun for the twin lead to coax junction? I am assuming that it isn't
quite a balanced antenna, since the legs aren't equal, so how crucial does a
balanced to unbalanced (coax feedline) transformer become? My main interest is
trying to keep the RF off of the coax shield, although I haven't had any real
problems with RFI in the shack.
73 John AF5CC
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