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Old July 28th 15, 02:35 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default "Bal uhn" or "bayl uhn"?

On Mon, 27 Jul 2015 17:55:58 -0500, FBMBoomer
wrote:

When balun is mispronounced "bayl uhn" it increases the original
insertion loss by 2.3 percent. "Bailin" causes an increase loss of 3.3
percent. These losses can be reduced substantially by removing the
"baeleen".


If you really want inflated losses, I suggest you pronounce it
"balloon".

https://www.google.com/#q=pronounce+balun
Here's 4 ways to pronounce it. Add your own mutation:
https://www.howtopronounce.com/balun/

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