Re: [Elecraft] KX3 - Balun

2012-09-02 Thread w0ih
Steve, I was intrigued by the use of the BNC connector on the balun enclosure. I had never thought of that. I was just going to use a short coax cable between the KX3 and my new home-brew balun. I built a balun a couple weeks ago using a 1"x2"x3" box from Radio Shack ($3) and a T130-2 core and

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 - Balun

2012-09-02 Thread Steve KC8QVO
I have never used a BNC-binding post adapter with a balanced fed antenna, always 1:1 baluns. A BNC-binding post adapter is essentially taking the wires of your balanced line and putting a BNC plug on there. You have no transmission line transformer to convert between the balanced antenna and the un

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 - Balun

2012-09-02 Thread Holger Schurig
Do you see any difference with your balon compared to a simple BNC-to-binding-post adapter? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailma

[Elecraft] KX3 - Balun

2012-09-01 Thread Steve KC8QVO
I have had some parts around for a while now that I intended to build a balun out of. I finally got around to working on one over the past week or so (I started last Sunday night and did all the rest of it this evening HI). My idea was to make a 1:1 balun that fit right on the rig for using the i