[TowerTalk] [RFI] where to buy FairRite?

Dan Zimmerman N3OX n3ox at n3ox.net
Mon Apr 27 17:10:30 PDT 2009


>
> The balun was rated at least 1 KW, and yet I cooked it with 100 watts.
>

Baluns don't have power ratings.  They have voltage, current, and
temperature ratings.

But the ham market demands a power rating and so we get used to talking in
power ratings, even though it doesn't make one bit of sense to do so.

An ideal balun dissipates zero power.  So how much power can an ideal balun
pass from one port to the other?

73
Dan


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