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RE: It is likely the balun.

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In Reply to: RE: It is likely the balun. posted by Timbo in Oz on February 05, 2010 at 13:42:42

Cleantime, thanks for clearing that up for me. Somewhere, I had read that transformer type baluns presented no significant loss. But don't all baluns use transformers? As you can see, I just started looking into this stuff, so confusion reigns.

Timothy, thanks for the links. I had poked around a little on those sites before -- lots of great info. Unfortunately, I'm well past the mere onset of senility, so far more info than I can absorb in one sitting. I did go through it, but passed over the calculations and other weighty parts.

I am especially interested in the homemade rhombic. As it happens, the long side of my current dwelling points straight at Manhattan, home to the majority of local stations. It should be a simple matter to run the wire in the attic.

**** As for the balun - I'm using one from Radio Shack. Are there better brands of quality, low-loss baluns that accept 300 Ohm spades and output into 75 Ohm F-type connectors?

Thanks!

Follow Ups:

RE: It is likely the balun. - Cleantimestream 14:58:51 02/12/10 (0)
It may not be a transformer type. - Timbo in Oz 21:45:51 02/05/10 (1)
- RE: It may not be a transformer type. - low_budget_listener 10:19:46 02/06/10 (0)

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