Ok I was referring to a design that was using one core to make a 4:1... I think the caveat that was being used was that they felt they could do this and be safe enough with it still being a balun as long as the load was floating (but I'm not 100% sure thats really the case)...>>>
I can 100% guarantee you that does not balance the load. I know the design comes from a source considered reliable, but it is seriously flawed. If you want a balanced voltage and/or current into a feedline and a real antenna, it cannot happen with that design. It not only does not work in theory, I have dozens of actual measurements to support it does not work in the real world. <<So is a multi aperture core good enough for that or would two toroids be a better idea?>> So long as the multi-aperture core does not have mutual coupling between the individual transmission line cores, it would work. Unfortunately that is not likely either. :-) 73 Tom ______________________________________________________________ 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
