>
>> I was reading in an old QST magazine an article about using steel
>> wool for a balun. A guy made one out of PVC pipe stuffed with
>> real fine steel wool with a 29" piece of coax going through it.
>> Seems awfully simple to me. Has anyone ever done that, and did
>> it work? 73
>> Tom W7WHY
>
>I contacted the ARRL about that when it first appeared in the
>Handbook! I was amazed to see it.
>
>Steel wool baluns do not work. The ARRL has removed that balun
>description from their books now, after testing and confirming.
>
// I asked a QST Staffer about the technoblather that Newington prints.
He essentially said that there are some revered gurus there who are above
reproach, even when one is spreading Bandini.
>...
cheers
- R. L. Measures, 805.386.3734,AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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