I have a few Amidon T80-2 toroids and plan on making a 1:1 balun. I guess I really have 2 questions.
1. Would insulated wire work OK to wind it with or is it really necessary to use enamel coated magnet wire? I have some #28 or so (cuttings from computer ribbon wire) that may work out well (already bonded through the length of it, dual conductor parallel runs). If not I have some 18 gauge gold color magnet wire. 2. I am going to use a BNC connector for the rig side. I am thinking of putting a pigtail of LMR-100 (maybe 4-6") to the connector, but if it is going to be too lossy or cause the impedances to be too far out of whack I won't worry about it and make the balun a direct box off the side of the rig. My last question is if there are any good triple ratio balun designs. I want the 1:1 to match doublets, but a 2:1 and 4:1 ratio would allow a bit more flexibility in impedances. Steve, KC8QVO -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KX3-1-1-balun-tp7559405.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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
