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I have to agree about the use of a balanced matching system. I used a beta,or hairpin, match with a 4:1 coaxial balun at the feedpoint.

4:1 coax balun design.

The F/B ratio is incredible on my antenna. On FM I can take a 20/9 signal and drop it to less than S-1. Not sure how many dB's that is because of the lack of ALC on FM mode but it's still pretty impressive. On SSB I can completely null out any signal that is S-9 or weaker.

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Front/back ratio comes from the antenna. Forward gain comes from the wall socket.

Well Wonder If He's Got it up Yet ????? Still Waiting Too Hear ??????

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