[Elecraft] Problem Tuning K3

[CUTTER DAVID]

Jim

Don't stay stuck in the past: not all ocf dipoles are created equal. 
With properly designed transformers and chokes, the common mode current can be tamed to perfectly decent levels.  

David G3UNA

> On 02 November 2021 at 18:25 Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
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> On 11/2/2021 6:15 AM, Bill via Elecraft wrote:
> > I assume your using a balun with your
> > OFC antenna. I had a similar problem with my OCF that turned out to be the balun.  It was fine under low power but would not tune under high power.
> 
> NO! The problem was that by their nature, OCF antennas are BADLY 
> unbalanced, placing very high stress on a common mode choke, so are 
> likely to fry ANY common mode choke that does anything useful.
> 
> Study k9yc.com/RFI-Ham.pdf
> 
> AND -- erase the word "balun" from your vocabulary. It is used to 
> describe almost a dozen very different things, obscuring understanding 
> of how things work.
>