[TowerTalk] Fwd: W2AU Baluns??

[Edward Mccann]

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> From: Edward Mccann via TowerTalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Date: March 16, 2017 at 9:19:45 AM PDT
> To: Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws at triconet.org>
> Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] W2AU Baluns??
> Reply-To: Edward Mccann <edwmccann at yahoo.com>
> 
> I don't think Walt's contributions were being disparaged: rather attempts of others in the commercial world to cut costs led to poor quality and contributed to the negative events noted, leading to what one might attribute to the appearance of a "tarnished legacy."
> 
> Walt's contributions and generosity in making them available to all without patent protection were legendary.
> 
> I note similar criticism is levied by some on Jerry Sevick, who, along with Walt, then, and Jim Brown and others more recently, who have shed so much light into the still strangely misunderstood area of baluns, common mode chokes, and related problems and solutions.
> 
> 73,
> Ed McCann
> AG6CX
> 
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>> On Mar 15, 2017, at 7:40 PM, Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws at triconet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> It's disturbing to me to see my late friend Walt Maxwell, W2DU, disparaged this way.
>> 
>> Walt addressed this issue before his passing here: http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/2300
>> 
>> Wes  N7WS
>> 
>>> On 3/15/2017 5:32 PM, AA6DX - Mark wrote:
>>> In the wayback, we called the product "Antenna Fuse" == fine  100 watts, but even a Heath SB-220 could fry them -- I know, hating climbing the tower in a November contest to take the "fuse" out of the system .. or dropping the antenna during a severe rain storm.. of which in Sweeps  and/or CQWW, was most always storming .. I never recommended them after a couple years of this -- es really bad if you, in the midst of a contest and having temporarily lost your senses, transmitted on the wrong aerial --- SHAZZAM! YOUR ANTENNA FUSE BLEW!
>>> 73 es CU IN THE TESTS..  Mark  AA6DX  Eureka, FAR Northern California ---------
>>> -----Original Message----- From: StellarCAT
>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 9:06 AM
>>> To: TowerTalk at contesting.com
>>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] W2AU Baluns??
>>> 
>>> the ones I had were junk. Two of the 5 fell apart on their own (bad internal
>>> soldering) ... one was used in a phased array and even though the markings
>>> were followed for getting the right phasing it was indeed phased backwards
>>> forcing a tower climb and real stretch to get to that one. I changed all
>>> that I could get to with a Balun Design balun and never looked back.
>>> 
>>> Gary
>>> K9RX
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Draughn
>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 9:00 AM
>>> To: TowerTalk at contesting.com
>>> Subject: [TowerTalk] W2AU Baluns??
>>> 
>>> I recently built an OCF dipole using a W2AU 4:1 balun. It seems to be
>>> working very well especially on 40 and 80 meters but I don't know much
>>> about the balun. I'm a little concerned about the power handling
>>> capabilities. It's not very big but what's left of the label says 1500
>>> watts..I think.
>>> Anyone have any experience with these?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jeff,
>>> 
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