[Elecraft] Balun for KAT2

[Charles Greene]

At 10:03 AM 1/18/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>Bill Coleman, AA4LR, wrote:
>
>>Coiled-coax type choke baluns are probably the lowest loss of the bunch.
>>They are cheap, but their frequency range is somewhat restricted, and
>>they can be bulky and heavy.
>
>Not to mention that to get the most from the coiled-coax balun, it should 
>be wound in a single-layer solenoid, rather than being 'scramble-wound' as 
>most of us are wont to do.

I have made a number of them wound on a Gatoraide plastic bottle with the 
windings secured with plastic tape.  They come is various sizes.  I don't 
have any data whether the Cranberry juice plastic bottle works any better, 
but the best part of the process is consuming the contents of the bottle in 
preparation for its use.




>I believe I have an article on a study conducted upon coiled-coax baluns, 
>if anyone would like to see it. If there are enough requests, I may put it 
>up on my web site for a period of time, maybe a month.

I'd like to see it.  I
73, Chas, W1CG