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Monday, February 2nd 2009

5:36 AM

W2DU 1:1 Current Balun installed on my G5RV

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Hey everyone.... so I had this W2DU current balun that I bought with the idea that I would employ it in a fan dipole someday.  I still will likely do that.  I decided to put it on my G5RV for now instead of it laying around doing nothing.  The G5RV had 10 turns of coax for a choke where the coax meets the ladderline outside under the antenna.  Well I left that 10 turns for now AND added the W2DU.

Results:  MUCH less rf in my shack.  I don't ever get the USB mouse and Keyboard knocking off now.  Also I get much less RF into the Nady EQ and audio on the higher bands.  Moreover, I can actually tune my antenna on 160 meters and on 30 meters! WOW!  Now my SB-200 amplifier doesn't play on 160 but I can sure play around with some digital modes down there and maybe make some contacts!

peace and 73 from KX5JT

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