Haven't tried that, Craig. BTW for do-it-yourself Balun arrays if you're
not into winding them, look at the many many options available at
www.minicircuits.com. Very inexpensive too.
-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Healy
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 12:48 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] RG11
Another test I made is making a balun for each end and using CAT5
ethernet network cable. It's balanced and gathers less noise or
unwanted signals on the way in. Also cheap and very easy to build.
I would second the Cat 5e approach. I've done a number of controlled
tests and it outperforms RG-58 hands down, MW thru 10 meters, for
noise performance and signal loss.
Have you tried using it for more than one feed? I did make a 1X4 balun set
so I could send four individual signals through it. Worked just as well.
Example: http://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/50-7769
With shorter runs (50 feet or so) I haven't needed baluns.
Haven't tried that. Seemed just as easy to add a toroid balun to the
adapter box. RJ-45 plugs make it dead simple.
Craig Healy
Providence, RI
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