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Baluns are choke coils in paralell with the coax at the junction of the unbalanced coax to the balanced line; so the load can be distributed across the length of the wire - right/wrong? These baluns are wound at a rate of 1:1, 2:1, 4:1, 5:1, and upwards. Is the SWR of the line responsible for the choice of the balun? How would one figure out which is best - so that one wouldn't have to buy or build a gaggle of these things to make the antenna work? Would you use the SWR ratio as the guide to pick the right one? How is this accomplished?
Thanks Doc!

[QUOTE="Robb, post: 126832, member: 8446"] Baluns are choke coils in paralell with the coax at the junction of the unbalanced coax to the balanced line; so the load can be distributed across the length of the wire - right/wrong? These baluns are wound at a rate of 1:1, 2:1, 4:1, 5:1, and upwards. Is the SWR of the line responsible for the choice of the balun? How would one figure out which is best - so that one wouldn't have to buy or build a gaggle of these things to make the antenna work? Would you use the SWR ratio as the guide to pick the right one? How is this accomplished? Thanks Doc! [/QUOTE]

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