[TowerTalk] 30/40/80 DIPOLE (balun/strain relief ideas needed)

[Pete Soper]

I'm shopping for a 40/80 dipole for my Mom (KF4VMT) and have been studying one
of the Hypower models. It has an SO238 connector at the feedpoint and I wonder 
what kind of balun I could buy that would mate with this? I could make a custom
bead balun but am very short of time and want to build rather than buy. Does 
anybody make a bead balun with double SO238 connectors (or ideally, one PL259
and one SO238)? I also need to arrange for strain relief for the coax below 
the balun (and double PL259 if I use that to connect the balun). Taping some 
dacron cord to the coax and tying the up to the antenna feedpoint (which has 
an eye hook in it) is the best idea I can come up with. Any better ones?

Regards,
Pete
KS4XG

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