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Re: [RFI] Balanced-line antennas and couplers

To: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RFI] Balanced-line antennas and couplers
From: Michael Clarson <wv2zow@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2016 15:23:35 -0400
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Rob: I once had a problem with 43 MHz paging transmitter getting into an
MATV system at a Gentleman's Club (no, not that kind, but the kind with
leather chairs, cigars, and old guys reading the Financial Times, NOT the
Wall Street Journal). 43 MHz was the TV IF Frequency. I fixed it by putting
a pair of back to back 75 to 300 ohm baluns at the antenna terminals of the
TVs. Interference gone. Same theory as what we are discussing here. --73,
Mike, WV2ZOW

On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 1:20 PM, Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com> wrote:

> I think I read that paper years ago.  Since this is the RFI list and
> not the parallel line list I don't want to drag this out.   That's a
> paper about trying to use baluns to force a balance on line.  A link
> coupled balanced network is a different animal.  You can construct one
> and use a dual trace oscilloscope to adjust the network taps so the
> sides are 180 degrees out of phase if this bothers you.
>
> 73
>
> Rob
> K5UJ
>
>
> >Identical current indication on a matched pair of thermocouple RF amp
> meters do not necessarily mean the transmission is balanced as the current
> magnitudes might be equal but the 180º phase difference isn't. Roy explains
> this >situation one page 4 of his paper /"Baluns: "//What they do and how
> they do it//."/ that can be found at:
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