Greg, there are commercial choices.
To see a Commercial 5 kW type with good mechanical design please have a look
at our baluns at www.arraysolutions.com. We sell a lot of them. Lifetime
warranty too.
Also Cal-AV Labs has one as well.
Thanks,
Jay
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Gobleman" <k9zm@frontiernet.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Voltage or Current Balun?
>
> > I have wound several and that is the easy part. These are the
> W1JR type, illustrated in W2FMI's book. The problem has been
> sealing them against moisture and insects etc. Another problem
> is relieving the stress on the coax so it does not break. Boxes
> can be mounted to a boom but will be heavy, models for dipoles
> need to be light and strong. That's probably why we don't see
> any commercial models of this type, said to be very promising.
>
> Greg K9ZM
>
>
>
>
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