Re: [drakelist] MN2000 & balanced feeders

2008-06-02 Thread Darrell Bellerive
Darrell Bellerive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- While a balun on the output side of a tuner will couple some energy it may not be very efficient at some impedances. A balun, whether 1:1 or 4:1, is

RE: [drakelist] MN2000 & balanced feeders

2008-06-02 Thread Ed G
EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Ellis Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 1:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [drakelist] MN2000 & balanced feeders Has anyone been able to adapt the MN2000 for use with open feeders? Bill, WB9CAC

Re: [drakelist] MN2000 & balanced feeders

2008-06-01 Thread K9SQG
[EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- The beauty of the Johnson KW Matchbox is that it has an air coil which, for most applications, won't saturate like a ferrite core balun (usually mispronounced balum, b

Re: [drakelist] MN2000 & balanced feeders

2008-06-01 Thread Ron Wagner
Ron Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Been using a Johnson Matchbox with my Drake MN4 for years. Generally just use the MN4 as a meter and switch. Good to know that I am not the only "Hill-

Re: [drakelist] MN2000 & balanced feeders

2008-06-01 Thread Dennis Monticelli
"Dennis Monticelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- I have a MN2700 and rather than search and pay excessively for the rare Drake balun, I elected to use a Johnson Matchbox Jr as a balun substitute.

Re: [drakelist] MN2000 & balanced feeders

2008-06-01 Thread K9SQG
[EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Bill, Yes, the Drake B-1000 balun (which will cost half the price of the MN-2000) will enable use of balanced lines with the MN-2000. However, whether it works well

Re: [drakelist] MN2000 & balanced feeders

2008-06-01 Thread Gary Poland
"Gary Poland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Bill, I have done the same ... 4:1 balun, 450 ohm line feeding a 80 meter inverted vee. You may have to play around with the feedline length to get a

Re: [drakelist] MN2000 & balanced feeders

2008-06-01 Thread wa5pok
[EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Hi Bill, I have connected a 4:1 balun at the output of the tuner and it has worked fine. 73, Mike On 31 May 2008 at 22:44, Bill Ellis wrote: > > Has anyone been ab

[drakelist] MN2000 & balanced feeders

2008-05-31 Thread Bill Ellis
Has anyone been able to adapt the MN2000 for use with open feeders? Bill, WB9CAC