
KX5JT's Journal
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