From: dplatt@coop.radagast.org   
      
   In article <9b3fdb9d-f55e-4c00-ae37-d238b24952b0@googlegroups.com>,   
     wrote:   
      
   >Dave,   
   >   
   >Thanks so much for the info! Much appreciated! Is there any real advantage to   
   buying a 1:1 or a 4:1 balun as   
   >opposed to making a choke balun?   
      
   You'd probably want a 4:1 if you were going to put up a folded dipole.   
      
   If you're using an ordinary two-wire dipole, a choke balun will serve   
   you just fine for receiving, and if you shop around you can buy the   
   necessary ferrites for $5 or so (or salvage some tubular ferrites from   
   old PC-to-monitor VGA cables that are headed for the recycler). I   
   don't think there'd be any benefit to buying a fancy commercial 1:1   
   model that costs you 10 or 20 times as much.   
      
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