The joining connections are likely at 75 ohms as part of the phasing design. Much simpler, but I ran a pair of home brew phased loops on 2 meters for a long time till it blew down. Used RG-6 for the phasing harness. The 75 ohm matching sections are common.
This, exactly.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.