[Elecraft] Buddipole

[Steve Ellington]

Try forming about 10 ft. of your coax into a balun.....loops about 6" in 
diameter and using some tape to hold it together. That might keep enough RF 
off the rig to keep it going. If this helps, consider buying a "line 
isolator" from Radio Works.
73
Steve
N4LQ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "KARL MARDERIAN" <karlmar at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 5:08 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] Buddipole


>  Hi, N6xvt/Karl here,
> I have a Buddipole. I set it up correctly for 20 m. When I tuned up my K3 
> I got about 1.1/1.2 SWR. I would imagine it tunes at about 5-10 watts. If 
> I transmit at 1-10 watts it seems to run fine. At 100 watts the K3 shuts 
> itself of at the second CQ I send. I am on SSB. If I hook up a dummy load 
> to the K3 it runs fine at any power setting. I live in an apartment on the 
> second floor. The Buddipole is outside on the balcony. I am running the 
> cable that came with the Buddiploe. I have tried both ANT one and two.
>
>                           Thanks for any info.
>                              73 N6xvt
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