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Originally Posted by kornnutz
if the balun was bad, would I get the same performance as a bowtie?
'cause I've tried a bowtie and of course, it only picks up local stations.
and yeah, good point, I troubleshoot computer issues for a living, the same applies.
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Who knows what a cracked solder connection or some corrosion would behave like... We are dealing with RF in the UHF band, changing the length of a tuned element a few millimeters is significant. Corrosion can turn a connection into old fashioned crystal radio detector... All quite unpredictable.
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