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Re: Topband: To Balun or not to Balun that is the question.

To: "Herb Schoenbohm" <herbs@vitelcom.net>, <i4jmy@iol.it>
Subject: Re: Topband: To Balun or not to Balun that is the question.
From: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>
Reply-to: Tom Rauch <w8ji@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 04:40:05 -0500
List-post: <mailto:topband@contesting.com>
I'll measure some Hygain Baluns and a few air coils when I get time.

The BN86 is a bead balun like the W2DU style balun but with different bead
material.

Hygain sent me some baluns when they were going to change to a 73 material,
but I nixed the change because at ~1000 watts the baluns reached curie
temperature and quit being baluns.

73, Tom W8JI

> I checked my Hy-Gain 204BA manual and their recomended choke turns is
> "12 turns of RG-8 cable 6" (15.2 CM in diameter)". This is what I use on
> the 204BA and correct the amount of turns..
>
> Then Hy-Gain in the next sentance go on to say that "for optimum
> performance use Hy-Gain Balun BN-86 in place of choke."


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