Buddipole has a Triple Ratio Switched Balun that will match a 50 ohm feed line to 50, 25, or 12 ohm antenna impedance. You could use a Pomona 1296 BNC male to banana plug/binding post adapter with your existing antenna.
http://www.buddipole.com/trraswbat.html Regardless of what their on-line store says, they DO have it in stock. Call them. -- Moe - AB8XA Elecraft KX1 #2484, Fists #13020, SKCC #7460, FPQRP #2617, NAQCC #5352, QRP-ARCI #14326 On Jun 3, 2011, at 5:57 PM, John Harper wrote: > Steve N4LQ said: >> Using a 4:1 balun would do the opposite of what you want to accomplish. 5 >> ohms is difficult for any tuner to match and can cause a lot of power loss >> in the circuit and with higher power, burn up a torroid coil! That balun >> would drop the impedance to an insane value. > > Thanks Steve - you've inadvertantly answered my question/problem as well...I > think: > http://www.ae5x.com/blog/2011/06/03/problem-possible-solution-question/ > > John AE5X > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
