Now let's see- you want references to find this stuff ? well, buy some books
on the subject ! You can start off with the ARRL Antenna handbook , then
move on to the Vertical Antenna handbook (same source), then you can get
"Building and using your own baluns" from them. That ought to keep you busy
for at least the next millenimum. Then you can try a few Bill Orr books ,
just to round you out . since Bill Orr was quite a prolific (and
knowledgable) writer and authority on just about any facet of radio, you
have your work cut out for you there. Then you can pick up a few Bill Cheek
volumes , (Another good solid source of info), if you are very lucky, and
maybe his excellent newsletter, if you can find someone willing to part with
theirs (I'm not). That about wraps it up for "references", pal. I have a
lot more stuff, but for a beginner like you, these will provide a solid
grounding (pun intended). I doubt you are going to grasp this stuff anytime
in the near future, since if you didnt grasp the previous, simple to
understand posts, it's unlikely that you are going to grasp the difference
between balanced and unblanced lines , resonance vs non-resonant, smith
charts, reactance, tuned circuits, velocity factors, the superhetrodyne
reciever, Q factors, or about 300 other concepts that are about 14 stories
over your head. But dont let it stop you from at least TRYING....
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I see that Zombie Wolf is carrying on in the finest Bill Cheek
tradition here on r.r.s. Bill loved raunchy foul mouthed personal
attacks and perpetrated them at every available opportunity (which
was most of the time). I suspect he's up there somewhere in heaven
rolling on the floor in laughter every time he reads a Zombie Wolf
post. It's almost as if he never died. Bill would be so proud of
Zombie Wolf. Now if the Zombie would just site some references
instead of making groundless assertions, we could all have a good
laugh.