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From: jhs%Mitre-Bedford@d3unix.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.ham-radio
Subject: Re: The new Butternut miniature beam
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Date: Wed, 31-Jul-85 12:02:43 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 31 12:02:43 1985
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The Butternut miniature beam sounds similar to the one Austin sells.
Does it require a tuner with balun?  Austin's mini-beam does, and would
have the same property of "using the entire antenna".

This is not a bad way to go, especially if you have a rig with "no tune-up"
output, i.e. your choice of 50 ohms.  A tuner is advisable for such rigs
anyway if you want to cover the whole band with full power.

						John S., W3IKG