"Cecil Moore" wrote

If one doesn't know what magnitude of impedance is
being encountered by the balun, the best balun
solution is a husky 1:1 current (choke) balun, not
a 4:1 voltage balun which is designed to deal with
200 ohms, not 2000+j2000 ohms.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

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I used to be good at this stuff, Cecil, but that was long ago.

The only balun that has worked with any success so far has been the built-in
balun (4:1 allegedly) in my MFJ-989C. That I can get to work. When hooking
up other baluns and using the coax output on my tuner, none of the other
baluns work worth a hoot with one exception. I have an LDG 1:1 200 watt
balun that will tune my Van Gordon All Bander from one end to the other of
the HF spectrum, using just the internal tuner of my Yaesu FT-890AT. Go
figure.

I used to be a fairly sharp cookie at this stuff, but those days are in the
past. Got a serious case of "brick brain syndrome", if you know what I mean?

To my way of thinking (which is probably incorrect), using the 4:1 balun
would broaden the impedances that I could match versus the 1:1 balun. What
you are saying is just the opposite. Please elaborate. I will be most
grateful.

Ed, N2ECW