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Re: [TowerTalk] Balun for C3

Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Balun for C3
From: ezrhino fastmovers.biz <ezrhino@fastmovers.biz>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2022 19:38:43 +0000
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Zip tie the choke to a clear piece of lexan, and then bolt/Ubolt  the lexan to 
the boom.

Chris
KF7P


> On Dec 29, 2022, at 12:01 PM, Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
> 
> On 12/29/2022 6:55 AM, tony.kaz--- via TowerTalk wrote:
>>  My question, how are folks mounting toroid style baluns on the C3?  Hanging 
>> it below the feedpoint?
> 
> That's a very good method, provided that sufficient strain relief and 
> structural support is provided. In general, my advice has always been to use 
> whatever "balun" the mfr provides and add my choke on the coax side of it.
> 
> K0SN said:
> >   and place it in a plastic NEMA box.
> 
> This can be problematic if the enclosure is not ventilated -- a choke that is 
> doing anything useful will generate some heat, which must be dissipated. See 
> NA6O's solution, in the Cookbook. FWIW, in the nearly 15 years since 
> publishing the first version of the cookbook, I've never received a report of 
> cores cracking from freeze/thaw cycling.
> 
> It's also critical that the choke not be de-tuned by taping the coax on both 
> sides to the boom.
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC
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