In a message dated 5/19/2010 3:42:16 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:
>  I agree, the BN-86 is junk.  I fried one too on my  TH7
 
    Ah, the infamous Fuse Balun. 1000 watts, ok -  1500 watts, the fuse 
blows
 
Cheers,
Steve    K7LXC