[TowerTalk] A word about my X7/CC Baluns...

[Blake M.]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gedas" <w8bya at mchsi.com>
To: <TowerTalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 11:31 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] A word about my X7

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>  My first stop was the black box with matching transformer at the 
> feedpoint.  Once opened up I saw that the center conductor off the SO-239 
> had no solder on it and the wire that was supposed to be connected about 
> 1/4" away.  Within 10 minutes the repair was made and the antenna was 
> heading back up the tower.  SWR now looks fine.  So, just a warning, take 
> a few moments to pop the cover off and take a quick look.

I made a 2el 40 out of surplus X7 40M add-on kits.  Both of the "baluns" I 
got had this problem.  It looked like some sort of hard shock had broken the 
wire from the center of each of the SO239s.    Mine also had "drainholes" 
which were located on what ends up being the top of the box.  Straight to 
the junk box.

73,
Blake N4GI






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