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Old July 6th 12, 10:11 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default Dipole-2 different wire sizes?

"Szczepan Bialek" wrote in message
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The balun only improve the monopole . The only one leg is red (radiate):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Di...ebandbalun.png
S*

Good morning again Szczepan. The caption to that diagram is "Coax and
antenna both acting as radiators instead of only the antenna."
Note carefully - coax AND antenna BOTH acting as radiators. Directly below
that illustration is another one showing the usual operation of a dipole.

Regards, Ian.