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What balun or unun for these vertical antennas?


vertical antenna

I saw this portable vertical antenna on ebay and am thinking about building one for myself:

PROWHIP PORTABLE HF ANTENNA, 160M - 6M , hieght 10M | eBay

I believe with these antennas they're using an UNUN, to get it to load up 160-6m right? Does anyone directions on how to build it properly?

looks like the one i built. only mine is 10 thru 40 meters. a fiberglass telescopic shaft with a 23 ft wire inside and a 4:1 balun. matching radials. some say radials are not not nec. but i am getting very good results with radials.. check out this link for a 4:1 balun. easy to make..about $10.00 us dollars
RogerTango.com - Build a 4:1 voltage BALUN
 

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