Jim Martin - MM0BQI wrote:
Hi Jerry
Make your own and save a fortune! I have parallel dipoles for 80-10m.
The balun is about 9 turns of coax formed on a piece of 4 inch drain
pipe.
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Jim made one special comment in his post. Do NOT ever just wind the
coax into a coil. Proven many times that it's a complete waste of
time.
One thing you can do after following his directions is to heavily glue
the coax into place, with something like popsicle sticks on the
outside. After the glue hardens, you can remove the drain pipe.
It helps if you slit the drain pipe into 2 halves before winding, put
a few turns of tape to hold it together, wind it, and then cut the
tape
with a pair of long nosed pliers holding a razor. The pipe will the
collapse and can be easily removed.
73
Ed
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