On 16 Nov, 19:19, John Smith wrote:
art wrote:
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Regards
Art

You are going to need the big toroids for a KW+. 160-10m, as others
have pointed out, has trade-offs when done with a single balun of a
single type.

The 2.25 (B type, I think--greater cross section area) in. O.D. red
material (number not right in front of me) by Amidon has done 1KW 80-10m
for me well in the past--but I concentrate on keeping the SWR low. High
swr will cause noticeable/damaging heating of the core material--if my
experience is any gauge.

For awhile, you could pick up this material on ebay for a song, just did
a quick search and didn't turn up any usable material for your needs ...
might have to order directly from Amidon.

Regards,
JS

I think on this one I will put it on the tower with a tuner and give
it a trial run
with 200 watts. I doubt that I can have a long distance QSO but I can
listen around
for a quiet place to do a low power key down. I will place it
horizontal at
the same time to get an idea of pattern before I invest more time on
that one.
Maybe I need to place a large tuner on the tower and be done with it.
Got two more 160 antennas to make before the snow flies
Thanks for the pointers
Art