[R-390] Balance Caps
Steve Hobensack
stevehobensack at hotmail.com
Mon Sep 22 07:43:15 EDT 2014
I adjusted for a dip at the junction of two 100 ohm resistors (200 ohms balanced). That way, it is balanced for my ham band 50 ohm antenna through a simple 4 to 1 balun.
Steve N8YE
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> For what it is worth, something I printed from Chuck's website years ago.
> Hope Chuck doesn't mind.
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> Balance Caps
>
> Note: It is my opinion that this is an important step which is often
> overlooked. You're basically nulling out any signals that are not balanced.
> Some noise is of this type. This adjustment can make the receiver quieter in
> the presence of common-mode noise.
>
> Connect the signal generator to the junction of two 68 ohm resistors.
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