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well today was spent watching slide shows and a bt film on radio waves. also built a dipole and calculated wat frequency a length of wire would work at...... yawn, nearly fell asleep watchin bt film. Nearly told them i had already built a dipole with a balun but thought i best not as it was for 11m ,,,,,,, yawns... exam date 27th feb

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 emoticon

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Did the practical course explain why a choke balun is a good idea if you are feeding a balanced antenna with unbalancd feeder??

I thought not. emoticon

I really must get my ass in gear and sort out the foundation exam.

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no just that a balun was a choke and would help with tvi and rf coming back down the braid, i did ask why the diferent baluns, ie, 4:1, 1:1 ect but they said they didnt want to confuse me as they were teachin me to pass the foundation and to just take that on board first,, lol

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i'll be asleep tonite or sending morse with pen to the tutor???

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Good luck with it Keith emoticon

I'll do the inter with you later this month emoticon

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what more does the inter give you?? i did a mock test for it online and didnt get a very good score. emoticon

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50 watts!

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is that it?? emoticon dont think i'll bother if thats IT!, lol. Seems like you have to know alot just to use 50watts

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You also get a different call sign, I mean, a new call AND 50 watts how can you not take it? There may be more but there the ones I know anyway, you would learn new stuff to!

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