Marine yagi connector or balun

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yagiman
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Marine yagi connector or balun

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Dear forum members
I have a yagi marine aerial
But the bit that holds the coax connector
Is it called a balun
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Re: Marine yagi connector or balun

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And?
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Re: Marine yagi connector or balun

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You’re and didn’t make sense
Is it called a balun
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Re: Marine yagi connector or balun

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When you connect balanced antenna to unbalanced feeder you should (must) use a balun.
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Re: Marine yagi connector or balun

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Ow I see
Well my aerial firm resent the balun but instead of been connector just at End of balun
Aerial firm put it on end of some type of five foot coax or thin pipe
Witch means when I get reconnected
Because of five foot pipe thing .
I’ll have to tell aerial erector to connect coax on the
Poor in the chimney
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