[Antennas] Dipole and Balun
Alan C. Zack
[email protected]
Sat, 23 Nov 2002 19:30:21 -0800
Yes, the idea is to pass the wire through the eyebolt, turn it back on
itself and twist it 5 or 6 turns, make a loop of what is left and run
the end to the lug. The problem was the balun lug is only good for
small gage wire, the center insulator supplied with the antenna has
heavy duty lugs for #10 wire and works fine.
Ronald KA4INM Youvan wrote:
>
> I think the idea was to pass the #10 wire through the eyebolt then
> twist it together, solder a 6 or 8 inch wire to the twisted joint and
> then on to the lug. Works for me.
>
> > Thanks for the info. Looks like I will be using the center insulator
> > alone after all. The B&W traps and center insulator come with round
> > lugs to fit the number 10 stranded copper ant wire B&W provide.
>
> > The Van Gorden balun I planned to use has little tiny spade lugs
>
> > good for number 20-24 wire. As I attempted to attach the #10
>
> > antenna wire to the Van Gorden balun I broke the lug.
>
> > I then tried to solder the antenna wire directly to the eyelet
>
> > connection using a Weller 100w gun. ^^^^^^
>
> I think you mean `eyebolt'.
>
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