[TenTec] balun noise?

[Kevin Purcell]

It does work and it's *much* better than a scramble wound coil but it  
still has a much lower reactance (and no loss) compared to a ferrite  
current balun.

W8JI made some measurements on sleeve, solenoid and scramble-wound  
baluns

<http://www.w8ji.com/Baluns/balun_test.htm>

But "costly ferrite-cores"?

I really don't think $9 to $18 (depending on coax size) is  
"costly" (e.g. as a kit from Palomar).

<http://www.palomar-engineers.com/Balun_Kits/balun_kits.html>
<http://thewireman.com/baluns.html>

You can get the beads cheaper from some of the major distributers: $6  
+ shipping?

See my post:

<http://mail.qrp-l.org/pipermail/qrp-l_qrp-l.org/20070929/006170.html>

and the rest of that thread.

73 Kevin N7WIM

On Nov 23, 2007, at 6:57 PM, Bob McGraw - K4TAX wrote:

> Building a no-grief 1.8MHz to 30MHz 50ohm-balun is easy. No costly  
> ferrite-cores are needed, just a short length of 3 to 5 inch size  
> plastic pipe, about 25 feet of 50ohm coax plus some nylon cable ties.

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73 DE N7WIM / G8UDP
Kevin Purcell
kevinpurcell at pobox.com