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Re: [TenTec] Balanced Tuners revisited

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Balanced Tuners revisited
From: "Tom Althoff" <althoff@verizon.net>
Reply-to: Tom Althoff <althoff@verizon.net>, tentec@contesting.com
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 09:35:31 -0400
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Can someone describe the TT inductors?  Where are they used?   The term
"stepped" inductors intrigued me.  Not sure what these beasts might be.  Are
we talking tapped torroids?

Are they available as standalone replacement parts?   Price?

Thanks!

Tom K2TA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Scanandoah" <k2zn@rochester.rr.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 7:50 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Balanced Tuners revisited


> Last year, I built up such a beast with a single inductor, based upon a
> Zack Lau project in the 1990 ARRL Handbook.  Not a true balanced design,
> but the current balun on the 50 ohm side helps smooth things out.
>
> It works OK, but nowhere near as well as my dual roller inductor
> network.
>
> I'm sure performance could be improved by using a pair of the TT
> inductors driven in tandem.
>
> Al, K2ZN
>
> Tom North wrote:
> > Recently there was a bit of discussion on balanced tuners, a la AG6K,
and
> > the question came up about the use of Ten-Tec's small stepped inductors.
Has
> > anyone tried this? Any comments?
> > 73,
> > Tom  N5OZQ
> >
> >
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