[NLRS] Re: [mn-wireless-assn] Re: choke balun question

[Dave Aho]

Thanks to the responses...as far as Cushcraft
goes...why not foam dialectric?  Anyway...I think if I
were a stickler for adhering to recommendations, I'd
make a balun, I think for my application with the
antenna (Field Day, various contests, vacations) I
will leave it as it is...I think at one time or
another, I have wrapped a coil balun like this (8-10
inches diam.) on the mast just below the antenna, and
I didn't notice anything spectacular.  Thanks for the
input guys.

        Dave...N9TTX


--- k0vg <k0vg@arrl.net> wrote:
> Cushcraft recommends 8 turns of RG8/U with a 6 inch
> Diam. They also 
> warn to to use not to use a foam dielectric coax.
> 
> Vern  K0VG 
> --- In mn-wireless-assn@yahoogroups.com, Dave Aho
> <n9ttx@y...> wrote:
> > I have a Cushcraft A-3 (10, 15, & 20-meters for
> those
> > that don't know).  I have always been feeding it
> > directly with coax...braid to one side, center to
> the
> > other of the driven...looped up and over to keep
> the
> > water out of the coax (alway is torn down after
> > use...no permanent mounting here).  I have heard
> that
> > these antennas are supposed to be used with a
> choke
> > balun.  Does anyone know how many turns and how
> large
> > of a diameter turn should I have of RG8 or RG8X
> mini
> > for this balun...AND is it really a necessity?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > =====
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> > 
> > 
> >                  Dave...N9TTX
> > 
> > 
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