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From: "Walter Kornienko" <zak@goes.com>
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Hi Dave,=0A=0AI have had good success with the Radioworks 1:1 baluns her=
e. I use the=0A5KW version, not for power handling capability, but becau=
se it would best=0Ahandle a high SWR. I use the balun on ALL my beams an=
d have not had=0Aany failures, some being up for over 5 years.=0A =0A =
73 de Walt Kornienko - K2WK - zak@goes.com=0A=0A=0A-----Origina=
l Message-----=0AFrom: owner-towertalk@contesting.com <owner-towertalk@co=
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
ntesting.com>=0ADate: Tuesday, February 03, 1998 9:45 AM=0A=0A=0Aix14.ix.=
netcom.com via smap (V1.3)=0Aid rma022566; Mon Feb 2 21:32:44 1998=0ACom=
ments: Authenticated sender is <n3rd@popd.ix.netcom.com>=0AFrom: "Dave Ha=
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
wes" <n3rd@ix.netcom.com>=0ATo: towertalk@contesting.com=0ADate: Tue, 3 F=
eb 1998 03:37:14 -0400=0AMIME-Version: 1.0=0AContent-type: text/plain; ch=
arset=3DUS-ASCII=0AContent-transfer-encoding: 7BIT=0ASubject: [TowerTalk]=
(Fwd) 402CD - Does it need a balun?=0AReply-to: n3rd@ix.netcom.com=0AX-m=
ailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v2.54)=0ASender: owner-towertalk@contestin=
g.com=0APrecedence: bulk=0AX-List-Info: http://www.contesting.com/towerta=
lkfaq.html=0AX-Sponsor: W4AN, KM3T, N5KO & AD1C=0A=0ADidn't see my post r=
eflected back to me, so I'll try it again.=0A=0A------- Forwarded Message=
Follows -------=0A=0AToday, I took advantage of the unseasonably warm we=
ather we're having=0Ahere in the Philadelphia area, and took down my 402C=
D. Something=0Aelectrical had gone wrong, and I suspected that a loading=
coil had=0Aopened up. I was prepared to do the QHS machine screw replac=
ement=0Aroutine for the sheet metal screws, although before putting it up=
, I=0Ahad replaced the plated screws with stainless.=0A=0AWell, it wasn't=
the loading coils, but the balun, a W2DU current=0Abalun. It was readin=
g a very high NEGATIVE resistance on my Fluke 77=0A(can anybody tell me w=
hy it was NEGATIVE?), so I figured it was=0Ahistory, and took a hacksaw t=
o it. When I cut the top off, a whole=0Alot of BROWN WATER came out. Up=
on inspection, I could find absolutely=0Ano way for water to get either i=
n or out of the balun, save for the=0Acenter pin on the UHF connector. T=
he failure was the wire had=0Acorroded and was nearly broken off on the c=
enter conductor connection=0Ato the solder lug on the inside of the balun=
tube.=0A=0ASo, can anybody recommend a good current balun to use with th=
e 402CD,=0Aor is one even needed? Why can't I just follow the directions=
in the=0Amanual and make a coil of coax?=0A=0AI have NEVER used a balun =
of any type here before this W2DU, and I'm=0Abatting 0 for 1. Advice app=
reciated. I'd like to put the thing back=0Aup next weekend.=0A=0AThanks =
for any help.=0A=0A73 - Dave N3RD=0An3rd@ix.netcom.com=0Ahttp://www.QTH.c=
om/topten=0A=0A--=0AFAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/t=
owertalkfaq.html=0ASubmissions: towertalk@contesting.com=0AA=
dministrative requests: towertalk-REQUEST@contesting.com=0AProblems: =
owner-towertalk@contesting.com=0ASearch: h=
ttp://www.contesting.com/km9p/search=0A=0A=0A
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