[Antennas] Balun Versus Choke

Sat, 05 Jul 2003 09:12:26 -0400

Merv, your home-brew approach will work, but a home-brew r commercial 
W2DU type balun (ferrite beads around coax) may be more convenient and 
physically smaller.  There are many manufacturers of them (Unadilla, 
Radioworks, Wireman, etc.).  BTW, I used a BN-86 in the past and my 
recollection is that it handled a KW easily.

73, Joe

Merv Stump wrote:

>At the risk of starting another religious war I would like to solicit
>some input on baluns versus chokes.  I have a HyGain TH7 which has been
>up for about 20 years - still works perfectly on all 3 bands.  However,
>I've recently purchased a linear whose output exceeds the rating of the
>BN86 balun on the TH7.  My inclination is just to wind a 6 or 8 turn
>choke around a coffee can, remove the balun and forget it.  However, I
>am willing to be persuaded to purchase a heavy duty balun.  Anyone with
>any hard experience as to why I should do this?
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