GO BEARCATS wrote:

I'm on the 23rd floor of a building so I get
good signals.

Good deal, you can have quite the setup living up that high. I also have a 4:1
balun, for whatever reason...I only used it once and it went into the closet. I
got it out last week.

To you and the more knowledgable in here. What exactly would a 4:1 balun be
used for? I figured to string up some wire or dipole and be able to run coax
into your shack. I'm sure there is a better reason. ;-)

A 4:1 balun is commonly used with a folded dipole, but has other uses as well.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

A 4:1 balun is commonly used with a folded dipole, but has other uses as
well.

you could just run a buttload of wire to it though couldn't you Steve and then
run your coax to the receiver?

I read up about them. I know when I was persuaded to get it, it was in the
thinking of some day txing on it.

GO BEARCATS wrote:

A 4:1 balun is commonly used with a folded dipole, but has other uses as
well.

you could just run a buttload of wire to it though couldn't you Steve and then
run your coax to the receiver?

One can run a 'buttload' of wire to most anything. However it will not necessarily
work well.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm



I read up about them. I know when I was persuaded to get it, it was in the
thinking of some day txing on it.