KH7M wondered:
> > >So what happens to your operation once the bead
> > >balun gets hot and experiences the "big bang" ?
> > >
> > >Does your vswr go up? How do you know down in the
> > >shack that the balun is now NG?
Greg replied:
> I have caught the inexpensive bead Baluns heating and
> stopped transmitting. You can watch the reflected power
>on a Bird rise as they heat up. When they go bang, they
>blow out the middle of the bead stack and destroy the outer
> housing. There is no longer a connection with the antenna
>and you have parts in the yard.
Then I am ok with my two Force 12 antennas and the
F12 bead B-1 baluns. I have the C4 with separate
lines and baluns on the boom: one for the EF140S
40 meter dipole, the other for the C3. Have
run QRO a lot, no problems as described above
have occurred in several months since the new
Henry Ultra linear has come to live here on Kauai!
Worked R1MVA on the first call! Only 5 degrees
to the west of the N pole form here, and a loooong
ways as well.
73, Jim, KH7M
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