[Elecraft] Re: KAT100 with Ladder Line

[Darrell Bellerive]

On Friday 16 November 2007 08:37, Solosko, Robert B (Bob) wrote:
> Since at 100w, a
> significant mismatch could cause the balun to heat, I made my own
> current balun using a pair of FT43-240 cores which has a much higher
> capacity than the small core used in the BL2

A larger heat sink will make the heat less apparent as it is better 
distributed and dispersed, but the efficiency would still be the same. A 
smaller object heated by the same amount of energy will be hotter.

The larger core would be more resistant to saturation, but if you are near the 
point of saturation, then you really have other problems that need to be 
dealt with.

-- 
Darrell Bellerive
Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA
Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada