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JUST VISIBLE BEHIND THE SPACER ARE THE CROSSED WIRE JUMPERS FROM THE ANTENNA
ELEMENTS TO THE FEEDLINE.  LINE AT THE BRACKETS.  THE BRACKET FOR ELEMENT
TWO AND THE FEED LINE ARE PICTURED.  I HOMEBREWED A 200 TO 50 OHM BALUN TO
FEED THE DIPOLE ARRAY AT THE HIGH FREQUENCY END OF THE LPDA.  YOUR BALUN
DESIGN CAN BE VERIFIED USING A 200 OHM RESISTOR ACROSS THE BALANCED
TERMINALS AND MEASURING THE SWR ON THE 50 OHM PORT.  IT SHOULD BE BETTER
THAN 1R5 TO 1, PREFERABLY 1R2 TO 1.
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