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Re: [TowerTalk] Balun for Force 12 6 Element 20 Meter Monobander

To: N4ZR <n4zr@comcast.net>, towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Balun for Force 12 6 Element 20 Meter Monobander
From: Grant Saviers <grants2@pacbell.net>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2020 10:37:43 -0700
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I checked the MyAntennas choke with my VNWA and it measured very close to as specified.

Grant KZ1W

On 7/21/2020 09:03, N4ZR wrote:
On advice from another of the frequent online gurus (that is, not K9YC), I bought a MyAntennas choke balun to replace the fried line isolator of my Carolina Windom.  It's pretty, and its cylindrical form is less conspicuous in that role than a BalunDesigns box.  I do think we badly need the ARRL or some impartial source to do a lab comparison of what's out there, given the strong and conflicting opinions asserted on this reflector and elsewhere.  Too bad the ARRL's QST product reviews have deteriorated so much.

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On 7/21/2020 11:42 AM, Robert Harmon wrote:
  I just looked at the 5KW choke balun on the MyAntennas site.  I like the fact that they show the choking impedance.  Not so with most of the other providers.  I looked for the choking impedance data on the DXE baluns and could not find it.  I guess I could call them and find out. The last two choke baluns I installed, I made myself from Jim's cookbook.  I know what the choing impedance is and it cost much less than buying one.............

Bob
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On Jul 20, 2020, at 11:13 PM, Máximo EA1DDO_HK1H <ea1ddo@hotmail.com> wrote:

Have you seen MyAntennas.com<https://myantennas.com/wp/product-category/balun/11-baluns/> baluns ?

Worth to visit.
This guy make them best in class, I guess are same level or higher than DXE and Balun design.

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De: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces@contesting.com> en nombre de Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Enviado: martes, 21 de julio de 2020 5:19
Para: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>
Asunto: Re: [TowerTalk] Balun for Force 12 6 Element 20 Meter Monobander

On 7/20/2020 8:09 PM, Tim Duffy wrote:
Take another look at DX Engineering's baluns. Balun Designs are not the balun of choice.
I haven't evaluated current production DXE chokes, but I did measure a
Balun Designs 1:1 unit that looking NOTHING like it's data sheet. It was
a lousy choke. It is unlikely to overheat, but it's also unlikely to do
anything useful except transfer dollars from the purchaser to the
seller. They're pretty, but that's all.

Unless you happen to have more money than time, I strongly recommend
building your own following the guidelines in the 2018 version of my
Cookbook. If Tim would send me stuff to measure, I would gladly do it.

73, Jim K9YC
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