RB wrote:
I've recently put up a 140' dipole fed with ladderline. My tuner is
separate from my rig, and is an unbalanced unit. So, I use a balun on the
tuner output to hook the ladderline to.

I've been told that I should have a voltage balun in this application. I
was surprised to hear this, as I expected to hear use a current balun.

Is the voltage balun the right one for this application?

Dear RB,
I was working on a "linear-loaded" dipole recently. I
got pretty confused
with many, many different opinions. I would suggest that you read
an article in
an 1995 QST about, "How to get the MOST out of your "T" type
antenna tuner"
IF you go to the web site and go to the search engine, you will find
this issue.
I wish that I would have found it sooner. It explained
the "process" very
well. I have photo-copied the article for passing around at my
local club. It is
very good.
Getting on 160m with a very small lot IS a
CHALLANGE ! I've
learned a whole bunch by searching the net. Most of it involves
trying this an'
that. BUT, we all need a place to start.


73's, Paladin