Ian Jackson wrote:

In message
, RHF
writes
On Mar 28, 1:16 pm, Ian Jackson
wrote:
In message , vangellis
writesThis link shows how I have "grounded"
the setup
http://www.geocities.com/qrp_baluns/LMZ-50-Ground.GIF

vangellis

It's interesting that they have one version which is described as a 10:1
impedance matching voltage transformer, for 50 ohm coax, and the other
described as a 9:1 voltage balun transformer, for 75 ohm coax. It could
be that they are essentially the same inside (why would they want to
make two different types?), but with different connectors. Neither are
actually acting as baluns (although they be using balun transformers
inside the can).

- Some time ago, there was report published of tests
- which compared the received signals levels with
- and without - this type of transformer.
- From memory, it showed that, on most frequencies,
- there was a very noticeable increase of signal level
- into the receiver. Only on a minority of frequencies was
- there some (acceptable) reduction of level.
- I've had a quick Google, but haven't yet found this report.
- --
- Ian

IAN,

Read this Post : SWL Longwire + Low Noise Antenna
Connection + Grounding Is Key To Good Reception
Three Messages to Read -by- John Doty

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...bc6a2bf8acc12d

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~ RHF
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Thanks. There's certainly a lot of good reading there, and in the links
in your other posts today. The info particularly in

http://web.archive.org/web/200306090...wa/badx/antenn
as/SWL_longwire.html

is exactly the sort of thing I was thinking about.

However, there's one thing which I note (just a quick look) on several
of the websites, and that is the transformer is repeatedly referred to
as a 'balun'. It isn't. I suspect that it's because they are using the
same transformer as the type used in a balun but, in this application, a
balun it ain't!

transformer/balun. The only ones who care are anal folk like 'Eduardo'.