I have used both the coax coil and the toroid bead design (approx 30
toroids pushed up on coax) it works well.
Duane
On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:18:18 -0800, "Troy, W6HV" <w6hv@verizon.net>
said:
> Bernie,
> My old Mosley CL-33 has the same sort of balun at the feed point.
> However, I have added a current balun ( the kit from Palomar Eng.) where
> the feed-line enters the shack, just before the antenna coupler. My
> current balun is the double kit since I switch between several antennas
> including an inverted "L" for 160. All the antennas are overhead and
> none over 40 feet up. So far no problems with RF. Of course, as some
> have suggested, every cable of any type attached to the Orion II has
> ferrite toroids.
>
> 73,
> Troy, W6HV
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: K5XS@aol.com<mailto:K5XS@aol.com>
> To: tentec@contesting.com<mailto:tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 4:27 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] Antenna Problem
>
>
> Ten Tec Friends,
>
> My new Orion-II adapts well to a high SWR with its built-in tuner (it
> really
> does work nicely), but tomorrow I will try to eliminate one possible
> cause:
> The feedline. I can do that without lowering the beam.
>
> Has anyone on the list used a current balun? I am using a Cushcraft
> A3, and
> Cushcraft has you wrap several turns of coax in a coil to keep RF (I
> assume)
> from coming back down the feedline. I was hoping to eliminate that
> bother
> by using a current balun. Has anyone done that with success?
>
> 73,
> Bernie K5XS
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