[TowerTalk] common mode chokes, baluns and multiband doublets

[Wes Stewart]

Because we find it to be a perfectly fine term, widely understood and accepted 
in professional literature.  I remember when most DC power supplies had chokes 
in them and transmission lines can be impedance transformers (and baluns).  So 
those terms which you mistakenly believe are more descriptive are in fact ambiguous.

N7WS


  On 12/11/2017 9:29 PM, EZ Rhino wrote:
> Why don’t we permanently retire the term “balun” and use either “choke” or "impedance transformer” in its place?
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> Chris
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> On Dec 11, 2017, at 21:27 , k4pwo at comcast.net wrote:
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> Bigger sigh...
> No its not... it's a choke that many mistakenly call a
> Bal(anced)Un(balanced).  Does it act somewhat like a Balun... yes for the
> case of a 1:1 but a true Balun can be in other ratios.
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> Perry K4PWO
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Stewart
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2017 9:07 PM
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> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] common mode chokes, baluns and multiband doublets
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> [sigh]
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> A common-mode choke IS a balun.
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> On 12/11/2017 5:15 PM, Bert wrote:
>> We're talking about a common mode choke, not a balun/transformer.
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>> Bert, VE3NR
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>> On 12/11/2017 7:08 PM, Wes N7WS wrote:
>>> Actually that's not true. A lot of baluns are wound with balanced
>>> transmission line.
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>>> Wes. N7WS