[Elecraft] Toroid Balun Cores

[n5ge at n5ge.com]

Thanks to all that answered.

I guessed it was toast.  It's an old (1998 vintage) Cushcraft X7.  I understand
that the older ones had problems with the balun's, which is why probably why it
quit working properly.

73,
Tom
Amateur Radio Operator N5GE
ARRL Lifetime Member
QCWA Lifetime Member


On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 19:29:57 -0500, n5ge at n5ge.com wrote:

>I'm refurbishing an old antenna here and the toroid in the matching balun is
>cracked in several places.  Will that affect the toroid performance?
>
>73,
>Tom
>Amateur Radio Operator N5GE
>ARRL Lifetime Member
>QCWA Lifetime Member
> 
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