[Antennas] Balanced Tuners

[Charles Greene]

At 01:51 PM 5/29/2002 -0700, Jan Reimers wrote:
>A few people have recommended "balanced tuners" in the group discussions.  I
>assume this means that the balun goes between the radio output and the tuner
>elements, rather than on the antenna side of the elements.  Is this correct?
>
>If so then how are the tuner elements then arranged to keep everything
>balanced? (for the example a Pi network only has the inductor on one side
>and so the schematic appears unbalanced)
>
>73
>Jan,


A Balun is a device to convert balance to unbalanced.  With a balanced 
tuner, it is already done for you in the tuner.  You do not need a balun.



73, Chas, W1CG