On Oct 13, 11:53*am, Mike Coslo wrote:
The big question I have always had regarding the balun was are we
reducing performance by eliminating feedline radiation?

For shorter wavelengths, like 2m, feedline radiation is bad news for
the radiation take-off-angle. It essentially makes the antenna a lot
longer than 5/8WL, i.e. end-fire, sending most of the radiation up at
a high take-off-angle.
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73, Cecil, w5dxp.com