Why don’t we permanently retire the term “balun” and use either “choke” or
"impedance transformer” in its place?
Chris
KF7P
On Dec 11, 2017, at 21:27 , k4pwo@comcast.net wrote:
Bigger sigh...
No its not... it's a choke that many mistakenly call a
Bal(anced)Un(balanced). Does it act somewhat like a Balun... yes for the
case of a 1:1 but a true Balun can be in other ratios.
Perry K4PWO
-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Wes
Stewart
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2017 9:07 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] common mode chokes, baluns and multiband doublets
[sigh]
A common-mode choke IS a balun.
On 12/11/2017 5:15 PM, Bert wrote:
> We're talking about a common mode choke, not a balun/transformer.
>
> Bert, VE3NR
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>
>
> On 12/11/2017 7:08 PM, Wes N7WS wrote:
>> Actually that's not true. A lot of baluns are wound with balanced
>> transmission line.
>>
>> Wes. N7WS
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