For 5 watts or less, a 1:1 balun is ideal. If you are running a linear, you
will need at least a 12:1, in fact I would get 2 and run them in series.

"Johnny V. Mullins" wrote in message
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Hi, group. I'm considering an attempt at building a quad antenna for 11
meters.
The plans I have, leave some of the details to the builder.
It's my understanding that the driven element needs to be fed VIA a balun.
I emailed a person with baluns "for sale" listed on ebay. He replied that
he
thought I needed a 4:1 balun for a quad.
It's was my understanding that the balun should be a 1:1 ??

Anyone in the group care to advise me on this question ??

Any help and /or advise on the building of the 4 element 11 meter Quad
would
be appreciated :-) !!

Thanks

Johnny

"w4jle" W4JLE(remove this to wrote in message
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For 5 watts or less, a 1:1 balun is ideal. If you are running a linear,
you
will need at least a 12:1, in fact I would get 2 and run them in series.

Oh now be nice.
He hasn't said anything about running illegal power. As long as he's
coloring inside the lines, I see no reason to be mean.

You will note I gave the correct advice for coloring inside the lines. The
situation as stated is self correcting. besides, how could you ever accuse
someone as warm and fuzzy as myself of being anything other than nice?

"Dave VanHorn" wrote in message
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"w4jle" W4JLE(remove this to wrote in message
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For 5 watts or less, a 1:1 balun is ideal. If you are running a linear,
you
will need at least a 12:1, in fact I would get 2 and run them in series.

Oh now be nice.
He hasn't said anything about running illegal power. As long as he's
coloring inside the lines, I see no reason to be mean.