I've just replaced my old cable with some nice shiney new 50ohm coax
attached directly to my 100+ feet of longwire. As I still want to suck that
little extra out of my antenna, I want to add a balun but I am confused with
this transformer ratio stuff. I realise that a long wire has quite a high
impedance. However, should I go for a 1:4 or a 1:10 ratio balun. If I went
for the 1:10 would it be overkill and will it make any difference over the
RF if I only had a 1:4. I ask because I can get a 1:10 a lot cheaper than a
1:4.

Confused? I am

MC