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Originally Posted by NJ-Radio
But, as you pointed out, I'm aware that I may not be properly matching impedance so I'm not sure if because of that I'm lacking some gain that can be claimed from a better design.
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Hi Brian,
Thanks for the article. I think the balun described in the article would be difficult to construct with anything other than the material mentioned.
Baluns get really tricky at UHF and designs you can find easilly for HF will not work well at all. I'm thinking that a "gamma match" might actually be better in this case however it might be difficult to design one for your needs.
Personally I would abandon the folded dipole in favor of a regular dipole; there's some tricks you can use to handle the construction issues.
Good luck!