A fellow ham sent me an email suggesting a use for a shorted
1/4WL stub that had not occurred to me before. Many hams have
static electricity problems with dipoles since there is not
a DC path between the poles. For a single-frequency dipole,
a shorted 1/4WL stub could be installed at the feedpoint to
drain off the static electricity without affecting the
performance much on the fundamental frequency. It would also
aid in the suppression of even harmonics.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp



Very effective way for monoband antennas. The improved version of this is the
"Bazooka Balun" which besides above mentioned benefits acts as a balun. I used
it on all my monoband antennas. Provides DC path to ground, harmonic
supression, RF choke function and balanced to unbalanced feed point conversion.


Yuri, K3BU.us
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