[Elecraft] Balun suggestions

[Wes (N7WS)]

I just pinched myself; I'm not dreaming and it's not April 1st, so I guess 
you're serious.

You are also so wrong on so many points, I'm not going to waste time trying to 
refute or correct them.

Jim, please ignore everything said below.

Wes  N7WS



On 2/4/2016 3:05 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> Your feed line will do the job by itself so no additional "balun" is needed.
> Keep in mind that a 1:1 balun is really just a length of feed line, usually
> wound on a toroidal core to make the required length shorter than if it was
> in open air. The "old-school" baluns were just a pair of air wound coils.
>
> If your balanced feed line is at least 1/4 wavelength long, the currents
> will be "balanced" (equal and out of phase) at the antenna. That assumes
> your antenna is perfectly balanced to provide a perfectly balanced load,
> which "balanced" antennas almost never do. There are just too many
> variables. So expect excellent results even with shorter feed lines. The
> amount of radiation (or pickup) from the feed line even at the rig end is
> small in any case.
>
> Connect one side of the open wire feed line to the KAT100 SO-239 center pin
> and the other to the KAT100 ground terminal.
>
> 73, Ron AC7AC
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> K2/100 and KAT100 here.
>
> I am changing around my modest antenna configuration now.  I have been using
> the K2/100 with my AH-4, and now wish to use the KAT100 with balanced
> feedline antennas.
>
> What balun, homebrew or commercial, if any, should I use?  I almost always
> run 5 watts, all CW.
>
> 73 de W6OGC Jim Allen
>
>
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