[RE: [TenTec] RFI and Orion ]

[Carter Grabarczyk]

Guess I missed it too. Bob, can you please (re)explain this "Monster Balun?

73/Carter/K8VT


NJ0IP wrote:
> CQ K4TAX,  CQ K4TAX....
> 
> Bob, it's your balun and your concept....you tell the story.
> 
> Mike, I've just started working on mine.  My biggest problem was
> converting from PVC pipes in inches to PVC pipes in cm (what we use
> here in Germany) and recalculating the length and number of turns.
> If you follow Bob's instructions on U.S. PVC pipe, it's a piece of
> cake.  I think I've figured it out for metric builds, but we won't
> know until the smoke test :-)
> 

> Tell me more aobut the monster balun.
> 
> mike k5wmg
> 
>
> Scott, you need to read and heed Bob's (K4TAX) previous post.  Dump
> the Windom, feed an 80m dipole with openwire through a simple Monster
> Balun (which Bob can explain to you) thru the 238 and you will cream
> the bands instead of your environment.
>