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July 25th 05, 02:22 AM
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I think you summarized it well. thanks!
"Dave" wrote in message ... "Dave Platt" wrote in message ... In article , Dave wrote: how does the balanced tuner get from the unbalanced output of the amplifier and the balanced feedline? is there not a balun in there somewhere anyway? I've seen three approaches used: - Asymmetrical (unbalanced) tuner of the T or L or pi configuration, with a balun at the output. This seems to be the most common configuration, but is often said to suffer from a degraded balance or unacceptable losses in the balun when feeding high-Z loads. It's not easy for a balun to provide adequate choking reactance when feeding such loads. - Tuners which use a symmetrical T or L configuration, with the input to the matching network being fed from the rig/amplifier's 50-ohm output via a balun. An internal W2DU-type "ferrite beads on coax" balun seems to be popular in such designs. - Link-coupled tuners, such as the Johnson Matchbox and the newer Z-match designs. The input side of the circuit operates unbalanced and is usually asymmetrical, while the output side (the link) is balanced with respect to ground. The input and output sides are coupled inductively. There's sometimes a small amount of imbalance created by capacitive coupling across the link, but this seems to be small enough to have little practical effect on the quality of the balance. In this case, the balanced-to-unbalanced function is performed by the inductive link, and there's no separate "balun" component. so, no matter how you spell it, unbalanced in, balanced out, somehow the tuner either has a component called specifically a balun, or combines it into other parts that also transform impedance... essentially making the whole tuner one big balun. no matter how its done somewhere between the amplifier unbalanced output and the balanced wire there is something doing the balun function. |
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