I believe it was the BN-4000N that was commonly used as a direct replacement
to the BN-86 on Hy-Gain antennas. I haven't heard of anyone smoking this
balun as compared to the BN-86.
73,
N2TK, Tony
-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Roger (K8RI)
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 9:18 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] BN-86 Balun
On 5/19/2010 8:11 PM, K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 5/19/2010 3:42:16 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> towertalk-request@contesting.com writes:
>
>
>> I agree, the BN-86 is junk. I fried one too on my TH7
>>
>
> Ah, the infamous Fuse Balun. 1000 watts, ok - 1500 watts, the fuse
> blows
>
>
You do have to take into account the ratings of this thing which might
be tad optimistic.
1500W PEP, 800 Avg into < 2:1 SWR
ONLY 500W PEP <3:1
Digital/RTTY 500W @ <2:1
IOW it aint rated for much to begin with! Get near the band edges and
it's only good for about 500 watts PEP.
They may not be pretty, but my TH-5 is getting a home grown current
balun consisting of 4 turns of Davis BuryFlex, LMR-400, or RG-8X
through 5 Fair-Rite 2.4" (#31 mix) cores for close to 5000 ohms of
isolation.
(Thanks Jim)
73
Roger (K8RI)
> Cheers,
> Steve K7LXC
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