[Icom] Antenna Balun/IC-756PRO

Wed, 16 Oct 2002 20:25:19 -0400

Jim,

I did this years ago, albeit with an Icom 761 and Kenwood TS-850.  
Ladder line to a 4:1 current balun placed outside the shack, then a 
very short piece of low loss coax (9913) from balun to rig.  The 
internal tuners were quite forgiving for that particular configuration 
of antenna, ladder line and coax.   Worked quite well. May not be the 
case for other installations.

Harry WE1X

----- Original Message -----
From: res075cz <[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 6:29 pm
Subject: [Icom] Antenna Balun/IC-756PRO

> I  have an 80 meter half wave dipole fed in the center with ladder 
> line. I
> have been using an external antenna tuner for years to tune this 
> antenna to
> all bands.
> 
> If I use a BALUN and then coax into my IC-756PRO, does the 
> internal tuner
> have the range to tune this antenna on all bands above 80 meters?
> 
> 73 de Jim, K5ROV...
> 
> James (Jim) Parsons, K5ROV, CMSgt (E-9), USAF, Ret., San Angelo, TX
> Ham for over 60 yrs. 90% CW
> [email protected],     QCWA, ARCI, Fists, ARRL, ARMS.
> EX: W1RLA, K5FBB, K4FEO, SV0WN (CRETE), SV0WN (RHODES),
> DL4NC, DL4JP, KA2FC (JAPAN), KA2JP (JAPAN).
> JOHN 3:16
> 
> 
> 
> 
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