[SCCC] ARRL SSB DX Contest

[Michael Tope]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JOHN SCHROEDER" <n6qq at msn.com>

>
>            Heard  ZD8I, Jim most of the day Sat. on 15 meters - but signal 
> never came up to S2 - never could break that pileup.
>
>            As others, did work KH7X on 6 bands - only station I could 
> reach on 160.  Did you work YA1OJ on 20 meters.
>
>            Wiped out the Balun on the 40 meter 1 el hy-gain.  Need 
> suggestions for a higher power balun.

Let me guess, John - the rotary dipole used a BN-86
balun right? They are notorious for being fuses. A coil
of RG213 on a piece of plastic drain pipe will work just
fine (especially for a monoband antenna):

http://www.k1ttt.net/technote/airbalun.html

They recommend 12 turns on a 4" form. I would go
with 8 turns on a 6" form.

If you want something a bit smaller, you can also buy
current balun's from DX Engineering or Array Solutions
which use ferrite cores.

73, Mike W4EF....................................................