[TowerTalk] Cushcraft D40
Chuck Counselman
ccc at space.mit.edu
Mon Apr 7 22:46:17 EDT 2003
Michael Hatzakis, Jr wrote:
>...the instructions say, no foam coax for the balun, why is
>this?
I assume that the balun in question is a coil of coax. If foam coax
is curved too sharply, its center conductor will migrate, or flow
very slowly, through the foam until it shorts to the braid. This
will happen rather quickly if the center conductor is warm -- as it
will be if you're transmitting much power.
-Chuck, W1HIS
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