Thanks Dave, your comment reminded me of L B Cebik's recommendation - which is to run coax through the shack wall and place a 1:1 current balun on the outside to feed the balanced line.
73, Don W3FPR > -----Original Message----- > I have an upstairs shack with a balanced feeder needing to pass through > a brick wall into the shack. I have a balun mounted on the outside wall > of the shack, hole drilled in the wall to take the feeder and a metre of > feeder to the K2. I use a 4:1 voltage balun in a plastic "project" box, > home wound and connected to the balanced feeder with brass nuts and > bolts. By using a 4:1 voltage balun (not ideal as a balun...) it has the > advantage of being able to provide a DC ground for both halves of the > doublet. > > Maybe your antenna/shack configuration doesn't lend itself to this idea, > but if it does it makes life very simple. > > 73 Dave, G4AON > K1 #1154, K2 #1892 > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.441 / Virus Database: 268.18.3/694 - Release Date: 2/20/2007 1:44 PM _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
