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The Buxcomm baluns seem to mention "THE core" when describing their 4:1
"current" baluns, and I've had plenty of my responses to my question of whether or not you can wind a true 4:1 current balun on a single toroid core. The answer is no. I'm sure if you go with the Buxcomm "BIG TALKER" "2500 watt" unit it won't overheat. It won't ensure equal currents either. On a marginally related note, why buy when you can build? Better, easier, and probably cheaper? Better? Nope, not a real current balun and good luck getting real technical info out of many vendors. Easier? Yeah, unless you have to spend months trying to figure out why, even though you've got a "current" balun keeping the common mode RF "off" of your feedline, you still get RF bites from your mic. Probably cheaper? Very possibly true... it is often cheaper to buy an assembled product than to buy the parts and put one together, but that's just no fun! I can't advocate the purchase of simple ham radio station accessories when someone is trying to build them instead. 73, Dan N3OX |
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