[Amps] Triband balun

[Bill Turner]

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:          (may be snipped)

On 3/17/2014 3:09 PM, Gary Smith wrote:
> Rehabbing my father's old TH3-Mk3 tribander from the 80's. The balun
> he had on it was a 1:1 bal/unbal BN-86. As I'll be using an amp with
> it, something more robust is probably a good idea. I was thinking 10
> loops of coax at the antenna would do the job.
>
> Any suggestions for a better alternative that will hold up in a RTTY
> contest?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gary
> KA1J

REPLY:

I had the same problem many years ago. Hy-Gain made a replacement balun 
called the something-2000, which did the job. I don't know if Hy-Gain is 
even around anymore, but if you can find one, that will fix it.

73, Bill W6WRT