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Hal Rosser wrote:
I may be in error, but I THINK if you use 4 equal lengths of 75-ohm coax with the shields soldered together - and then make them 2 'pairs' of conductors - you'll end up with a 75-ohm balanced line. (You don't use the shield as transmission conductors). If I'm in error, I hope someone will correct me on this. Thanks Hal Twinlead, ladder line, and other symmetrical lines are often called "balanced" lines -- as you've done here. But it's important to realize that there's nothing about these lines that causes the currents on the lines to be equal and opposite (or "balanced"). Imbalanced currents cause feedline radiation. Symmetrical lines can be unbalanced, and coax can be balanced. To learn a little more about this, see "Baluns: What They Do and How They Do It" in the _ARRL Antenna Compendium_, Vol. 1. Roy Lewallen, W7EL |
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