[Boatanchors] HF Receiving Balun

[George Morton]

Go to Radio Shack and  buy a TV receiving balun.  I use one on my 75A1 and 
it works finestkind!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Byron Tatum" <bjtatum1 at att.net>
To: <Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 6:28 AM
Subject: [Boatanchors] HF Receiving Balun


> Hello-
>    I recall an article by Mr. Glenn Zook about using a TV-type receiving 
> balun with older shortwave receivers (such as HQ-129X) that have around 
> 300 ohms input impedance. The balun would noticably improve reception.
>    I have just finished restoring and re-capping a HQ-129X. I am thinking 
> of aligning it using signal generator fed through the balun.
>    I would like to build my own as I have a lot of torroid and balun cores 
> for QRP use.
>    Does anyone know of a good construction article showing how to build 
> such a receiving balun?
>                                                    Thanks,
>                                                            Byron WA5THJ
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