Lucky wrote:

Yes I am limited to the type of ant I use on the terrace. But, I seem to get
less noise using the balun. But being on the 23rd floor I have no real
obstructions. So you think I should go a random single wire? What kind of
transformer do you mean? I research I did on ants say you need 4 leads for a
blaun to work. What can add to a single wire?

You can wind up a transformer so that you only need 3 leads, rather than
grounding it at the feedpoint.

This is the same concept that the RF Systems Magnetic Longwire Balun (MLB) uses.

It then uses your receiver ground as an aid in completing the path.

Here, I'm using 10:1 homebrew matching transformers and they are grounded at the
feedpoint, but as I've said, there is a way to get around that if it is not
practical or feasible.

Here are some matching transformer/balun articles:

http://www.dxing.info/equipment/impe...ing_bryant.pdf


http://members.aol.com/DXerCapeCod/z_transformers.pdf

dxAce
Michigan
USA

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