Add that 4 ounces to the weight of 50 feet of coax.
then subtract the weight of 50 feet of balanced line
that is a larger difference

"Dan Richardson arrl net" k6mheatdot wrote in message
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On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 14:19:30 -0400, "Hal Rosser"
wrote:

The only thing I have against them (current baluns) is
They are heavy.
and cause the antenna to droop
lowering the height of the feedpoint.
Which is a good reason to put the balun near the radio and use balanced
feedline from there to the antenna
my 3.5 cents


I just weighed 50 beads that are used in W2DU's balun and came up with
a whopping 4 ounces!

Yea, four ounces should cause one hell of a droop.G

73,
Danny, K6MHE