What exactly do you mean by "balanced"?

If you put a balun between a "balanced" radio and a "balanced" antenna,
what would happen? What would happen if you put it between an
"unbalanced" radio and an "unbalanced" antenna? What would happen if you
connected an "unbalanced" radio to a "balanced" antenna without a balun?

Roy Lewallen, W7EL

John Smith wrote:
An "Unbalanced Dipole", interesting concept...

Regards,
John

"Bill" wrote in message
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| erichmadison wrote:
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| Bill,
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| One of the wires is a ground, the other is the antenna. Would this
| still be a dipole? Thanks for your previous post!
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| 'Ground' has various implications when it comes to rf. If they tell you
| to attach it to a water pipe or ground rod then it may be a true dc
| ground. If they tell you to extend it just like the antenna side and
| not connect it to anything, then its an RF ground plane...which can be
| compared to rabbit ears, dipole, etc.
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| Is it balanced or not? Hard to guess.
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| -Bill