I always use open wire feeder on my wire antennas. You don't have to
worry about something like a balan failing or a bad joint on a PL-259.
Plus it has ZERO dB's of loss.....
Jeff
--- Dan/W4NTI <w4nti@mindspring.com> wrote:
> Bullet proof Balun for an 80m dipole.
>
> First off why even bother with one?
>
> The answer is ... wind a coaxial choke. The diameter of a 1 liter
> soft
> drink and 6 to 8 turns of coax should do it.
>
> Dan/W4NTI
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jay Pryor" <jpryor@arches.uga.edu>
> To: <SECC@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 10:27 AM
> Subject: [SECC] K4OGG NAQP
>
>
> > I spent all Saturday afternoon trying to figure out why my SWR was
> bad on
> > my 80M dipole and finally discovered the balun had gone bad. If
> anyone
> has
> > a recommendation for a bullet-proof balun for a dipole, please let
> me
> > know. Anyway, I got on the air a little in the late afternoon and
> evening
> > and searched for members. Found AD4J, K4AB, K4BAI.
> >
> > BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Mults
> > __________________________________________________
> >
> > 80CW 24 24 24 13
> > 40CW 60 60 60 33
> > 20CW 53 53 53 20
> > __________________________________________________
> >
> > Totals 137 137 137 66
> >
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Jay/K4OGG
> >
> >
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