[Towertalk] Re HyGain Balun

[Tony Osman]

I have been following this thread with interest.  What type of ferrite beads
do you use on the RG213?

73 de Tony, VE3RZ


----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Hopengarten" <k1vr@juno.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 22:46
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] Re HyGain Balun


> I have two HyGain TH6DXX and two HyGain TH7DX antennas in the air. I made
> up little plastic boxes from Radio Shack, mounted SO-239's and stainless
> steel studs (1/4-20 bolt and nuts) wired it to be the equivalent of
> splaying the coax (I was worried that it is hard to pevent water from
> getting into the coax and I preferred the ease of a PL-259/SO-239 when up
> in the air). Each coax has 6-7 toroid beads on the RG-213. Remember to
> put on the beads before the PL-259 (I own that T-shirt), or pay more for
> split beads (cheaper than re-doing the PL-259's, if you value your time).
>
>
> I have removed the BN-86's from service.
>
> Fred Hopengarten K1VR                       hopengarten@post.harvard.edu
> Six Willarch Road * Lincoln, MA 01773-5105
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