Thanks for the link. The only thing stopping me where to buy 1 ferrite
coil. I went to order a ferrite core from CWS per the pdf above and it
was $10.25 USD plus shipping to Canada. Might as well get the balun on
eBay that uses a SO-239 connector for $15. I could open up the case,
remove this connector and replace my own.

I have had good luck with toriods out of old PC power supplies. Some work fine,
some don't.

Another question I have is since you are receiving (this is an SWL list
after all), why won't a 4:1 balun from a TV set or FM radio work? Since you
are using RG-6 which is about 75 ohm, a 9:1 balun will match to almost 700 ohms,
but a 4:1 will match to 300. We could debate this for hours, but for a
receiving antenna, IMHO it may not make a difference at all.


Another option would be to add an SO-239 connector to my reciever but
then I heen to find a ground block that it could go thru or make one
up.

Putting a PL-259 connector on RG-6 does not make a lot of sense, it
really was not designed for it. "F" to PL-259 adaptors exist, or since
you are inside, you could use a combination of "F" to BNC or RCA
and then to PL-259, they are far more common.

Another possibility is to connect a short jumper of RG-58 or 59 to an F
connector on one side and a PL-259 on the other. Use that to connect to
the balun and a barrel connector to join to the RG-6.

You could also take an indoor version 300 ohm to coax balun, the kind that
is held together with clips, open it up and rewind it to 9:1.

Geoff.

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