On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 23:31:40 -0500, dxAce wrote:



Howard wrote:

On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 12:23:44 GMT, "Merwin Dooley"
wrote:

Try this.
http://www.grove-ent.com/WR0130.html
I lokked at that and am amazed that a balun can give 5dB gain! What I
would expect is that it could help in reducing the noise floor and
thus sound like you have gain; or provide a better impedence match (at
some frequency(ies) to allow more signal to pass - perhaps. But gain,
nope - I just don't see it unless I have totally missed out on some
part of my radio education.
Howard

You've missed a lot...

It ain't rocket science...

Damn.

dxAce
Michigan
USA


Huh? If I'm mistaken, which could be, at least give me a hint why I'm
wrong and I will follow up on it. I know this isn't rocket science
as I work with rocket scientists and many know little about radio.
Until shown otherwise I stand by my statement that the balun will not
add gain to the antenna - though it has other characteristics that
will improve the received signal.

Have a good one DX,
Howard
ps - I don't use a portable as my primary receiver 8-}