"Johnny V. Mullins" wrote in message
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Hi, group. I'm considering an attempt at building a quad antenna for 11
meters.
The plans I have, leave some of the details to the builder.
It's my understanding that the driven element needs to be fed VIA a balun.
I emailed a person with baluns "for sale" listed on ebay. He replied that
he
thought I needed a 4:1 balun for a quad.
It's was my understanding that the balun should be a 1:1 ??



The driven element should end up near 50 ohms, so you want a 1-1 balun.


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