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      • How To Make A Homebrew 4:1 Balun - I built a homebrew 75 meter Double Extended Zepp Antenna, ``And I needed a 4:1 Balun ``So I decided to Homebrew the Balun also.``Here is how I did it!
      • Baluns: theory and projects - All about baluns with photos, projects and instructions, by IZ7ATH
      • IZ7ATH Projects - Antennas, Keyer, amplifier, transverter, baluns
      • Magnetic Longwire Baluns - Do these things do exactly what they say they do, or are they total hogwash? - Patrick lifts the lid on the MLB
      • Balun Theory - The word balun means balanced-unbalanced: it's used to adapt a balanced device to an unbalanced one
      • GW0VMR construction ideas - selection of construction ideas from Patrick, GW0VMR, includes ATU, Baluns theory
      • Coaxial Balun - Coaxial balun plan by I0QM
      • A 1:1 Coaxial Balun - PDF article on a coaxial 1:1 balun by I0QM
      • HF Home made Balun - A balun is a device that is used at the feedpoint of a balanced antenna when an unbalanced feedline is desired to feed the antenna. Balun is a contraction for BALanced to UNbalanced.
      • Balun for HF wire antennas - Schema of a self made balun used to match randmon wire antennas, mainly for shortwave listening pourposes, in italian
      • OH7SV Matti Hohtola Ham Projects - The most modern QRP transceiver in 2004,Direct Conversion HF Transceiver with DDS LO, 50 ohm to 200 ohm HF wide band transformers, Wilkinson splitter for RX measurements, Windom baluns 2001/2004, Ferrite rod antenna for 80 meter, Magnetic Loop Antenna for 80 m, Mascot Switched PSU 9320 modification to 8A peak current, 150W MOSFET linear amplifier for 80m, 80 m HF SSB/CW Transceiver
      • DIY Basic Electronics and Antennas - DIY Basic Electronic Theory, Basic Antenna Theory with Antennas built from common materials. What does SWR really mean. Baluns from transmission line.
      • Antennas basics - An antenna study guide by NZART, cover basic topics like dipoles, wave lenght calculation, baluns, beams, dummy loads, and measurements.
      • Balun construction - PDF files describing how to homebrew a 1:2.5 balun
      • The 9:1 balun - Antenna special on hard-core-dx.com
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      • Balun Theory  pop - The word balun means balanced-unbalanced: it's used to adapt a balanced device to an unbalanced one
        [Hits: 11047 | Votes: 12 | Rating: 5.90]
      • Baluns: theory and projects  updated  pop - All about baluns with photos, projects and instructions, by IZ7ATH
        [Hits: 17355 | Votes: 22 | Rating: 6.42]
      • How To Make A Homebrew 4:1 Balun  updated  pop - I built a homebrew 75 meter Double Extended Zepp Antenna, ``And I needed a 4:1 Balun ``So I decided to Homebrew the Balun also.``Here is how I did it!
        [Hits: 25985 | Votes: 73 | Rating: 6.40]
      • IZ7ATH Projects  pop - Antennas, Keyer, amplifier, transverter, baluns
        [Hits: 12137 | Votes: 24 | Rating: 6.34]
      • Magnetic Longwire Baluns  pop - Do these things do exactly what they say they do, or are they total hogwash? - Patrick lifts the lid on the MLB
        [Hits: 11617 | Votes: 7 | Rating: 5.71]
      • 4:1 balun for 160 to 10 meters - Articke By Clay Wynn
        [Hits: 2134 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • A 1:1 Coaxial Balun - PDF article on a coaxial 1:1 balun by I0QM
        [Hits: 7944 | Votes: 5 | Rating: 4.20]
      • A 4:1 Balun - A single-core 4:1 current balun of improved performance by Chris Trask N7ZWY PDF file
        [Hits: 1745 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00]
      • A better antenna-tuner balun - Which balun to use? The hybrid balun promises advantages over both voltage and current baluns by ZS1AN
        [Hits: 3935 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 8.50]
      • A Cost Effective Current-mode 1:1 Balun - A cost effective current-mode 1:1 balun can be constructed from a length of coax and a rod typically used for a broadcast antenna loop-stick, some electrical tape, cable ties, a length of PVC water-pipe and some connectors.
        [Hits: 527 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 10.00]
      • A model of a practical Ruthroff 1:4 balun - The 1:4 balun is of particular interest because it underlies many other configurations, and understanding it helps towards understanding the other Ruthroff balun configurations.
        [Hits: 749 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 2.67]
      • A model of the W2DU 1:1 choke balun - Notes on making the W2DU choke balun by placing several ferrite sleeves around a coaxial cable.
        [Hits: 245 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • Another Ugly Choke Balun - A home made balun build using a short length of 4 inch drain pipe and 18 foot of RG58 by G4APL
        [Hits: 1544 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • Antenna Baluns: What they are - Baluns what do they do, in a pdf file by W7EL
        [Hits: 3039 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 1.00]
      • Antennas basics - An antenna study guide by NZART, cover basic topics like dipoles, wave lenght calculation, baluns, beams, dummy loads, and measurements.
        [Hits: 5077 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 10.00]
      • Balun and Transformer Core Selection - Occasionally errors are made regarding core selection. This especially includes baluns, where on occasion some very strange ideas surface.
        [Hits: 1860 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • Balun construction - PDF files describing how to homebrew a 1:2.5 balun
        [Hits: 5066 | Votes: 11 | Rating: 5.45]
      • Balun Construction - Construction and use of broadband transformers
        [Hits: 1028 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 8.50]
      • Balun construction - problems with iron cores - Lots of information and measurements relating to HF baluns and transformers constructed using Iron Powder cores
        [Hits: 113 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • Balun for folded dipoles - A 1:4 balun suitable for folded dipole antennas
        [Hits: 432 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 2.67]
      • Balun for HF wire antennas - Schema of a self made balun used to match randmon wire antennas, mainly for shortwave listening pourposes, in italian
        [Hits: 6845 | Votes: 5 | Rating: 4.40]
      • Balun Information - Baluns for HF application resource page
        [Hits: 2024 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • Balun measuements - Why can't you find the specifications for the baluns on the market? The only specifications you'll see are the ratio, the power rating and a bandwidth that is more hoped for than reality.
        [Hits: 1245 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 1.00]
      • Balun single core 4:1 analysis - Real 4:1 Transmission Line Balun with Balanced Load
        [Hits: 2880 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • Balun transformers  updated - 4:1 and 1:1 baluns explained here with picture and a complete description by GN4SIW
        [Hits: 987 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 6.33]
      • Baluns by Dan N5AR - There is considerable confusion about the various types of baluns, this article try to make it clear.
        [Hits: 255 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • Baluns in theory - A complete reference on building baluns
        [Hits: 1484 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • Baluns on Log Perodic Antennas - Some antenna manufacturers place baluns at the incorrect location in LPDA arrays. If we consider what the balun does we can see how the mistake occurs.
        [Hits: 542 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • Build a 4:1 Guanella Balun - Step-By-Step Construction of a 4:1 Current-Type Guanella Balun by W1CG
        [Hits: 1999 | Votes: 6 | Rating: 8.83]
      • Build a HB 4:1 voltage BALUN for 1KW - In depth detail with photos on how to build your own HB 4:1 voltage BALUN that will run 1KW. Inexpensive and fun to build.
        [Hits: 593 | Votes: 4 | Rating: 9.50]
      • Building baluns  updated - How to easily home-brew baluns even in strange formats 1/1 - 2/1 - 4/1 - 6/1 - 9/1 - 12/1 et 16/1 for bands from 1.8 to 30 (50) MHz in french
        [Hits: 1900 | Votes: 3 | Rating: 3.67]
      • Choke balun - Essentially, a choke balun is designed to 'divorce' your antenna from the feed line. if your feed line is coaxial cable then you don't want it to be part of your antenna. you want to be able to deliver all your power to the radiator itself, i.e. 'the antenna'. a choke balun does this admirably
        [Hits: 3438 | Votes: 5 | Rating: 9.40]
      • Coaxial Balun - Coaxial balun plan by I0QM
        [Hits: 9416 | Votes: 6 | Rating: 5.67]
      • Common-Mode Noise - Receiving Common Mode Noise shows how lack of a balun can contribute to system noise
        [Hits: 772 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 10.00]
      • DIY Basic Electronics and Antennas - DIY Basic Electronic Theory, Basic Antenna Theory with Antennas built from common materials. What does SWR really mean. Baluns from transmission line.
        [Hits: 5220 | Votes: 9 | Rating: 9.66]
      • EA6VQ - Open wire feeding and baluns - Discussion about open wire feeding and baluns took place in the Moon-Net reflector.
        [Hits: 1043 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • Feeding an End-Fed Antenna - End-Fed antennas are NOT balanced systems; but neither are verticals, ground planes, discones, windoms, zepps, Marconis, half-slopers, et al. Additionally, the low-impedance antenna port of your transmitter/receiver is not balanced.
        [Hits: 1327 | Votes: 4 | Rating: 7.75]
      • GW0VMR construction ideas - selection of construction ideas from Patrick, GW0VMR, includes ATU, Baluns theory
        [Hits: 9433 | Votes: 11 | Rating: 7.64]
      • HF Choke Baluns - Effective choke curent balun plans for multible and sigle hf bands
        [Hits: 1008 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 1.00]
      • HF Home made Balun - A balun is a device that is used at the feedpoint of a balanced antenna when an unbalanced feedline is desired to feed the antenna. Balun is a contraction for BALanced to UNbalanced.
        [Hits: 7601 | Votes: 9 | Rating: 7.00]
      • Home Made HF Balun 1:1 - Here is a homemade 1:1 HF Balun, balanced to Un-balanced using a Core 4C6 Philips by OZ2CPU
        [Hits: 246 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • Homebrew A 4 To 1 Balun - How to build a to 1 balun by N1HFX
        [Hits: 3025 | Votes: 5 | Rating: 8.60]
      • Installing a balun - The correct way to install a lowngwire antenna with a balun
        [Hits: 2758 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • LA6PB's split dipole - A new method of feeding a dipole with toroids.
        [Hits: 1266 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • Les baluns - About different baluns types. Samples and schematics for several ratios baluns in french
        [Hits: 138 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • Longwire Antenna Balun Project - Home brew a long wire balun
        [Hits: 3355 | Votes: 16 | Rating: 7.52]
      • Low cost 1:1 balun - A balun don't depend on use of ferrite beads, but use steel wool to attenuate any RF on the outer braid
        [Hits: 261 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 1.00]
      • Low Power 4:1 Balun - Build a Low Power 4:1 Balun , by Charles Greene, W1CG with full-color, full-resolution graphics from the pages of QRP Homebrewer
        [Hits: 622 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 5.00]
      • LU9DPD Daniel - Homebrew, antenas, balunes, expediciones, circuitos, electrónica, torres, fotos y relatos, todo referente a radioafición, radioaficionados y radioamateur
        [Hits: 1346 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 9.00]
      • Magnetic longwire balun - Magnetic longwire baluns 1:9 combined with ground, a 1:2 and 1:1 balun connections by ON6MU
        [Hits: 349 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • OH7SV Matti Hohtola Ham Projects - The most modern QRP transceiver in 2004,Direct Conversion HF Transceiver with DDS LO, 50 ohm to 200 ohm HF wide band transformers, Wilkinson splitter for RX measurements, Windom baluns 2001/2004, Ferrite rod antenna for 80 meter, Magnetic Loop Antenna for 80 m, Mascot Switched PSU 9320 modification to 8A peak current, 150W MOSFET linear amplifier for 80m, 80 m HF SSB/CW Transceiver
        [Hits: 5807 | Votes: 15 | Rating: 8.26]
      • OH7SV Windom baluns - Windom baluns for kilowatt range made with two ferrite toroidal cores amidon ft-140-61 and another schema with two ferrite rods
        [Hits: 491 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • Practical Guanella 1:1 balun - This article proposes a lossy transmission line model of a practical Guanella 1:1 balun that is effective for all frequencies within and immediately adjacent to the pass band
        [Hits: 526 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • Putting a Balun and a Tuner Together - Putting a balun and a tuner together. A two wire transmission line as a three terminal Device , The W2DU and W7EL models of a choke balun, The effectiveness of a balun by w9cf
        [Hits: 1183 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • QRP Balun - Pictures and assembling instructions of a simple qrp balun
        [Hits: 475 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • QRP Magnetic longwire balun with VHF-splitter - This Magnetic Longwire Balun (MLB) makes it possible to efficiently use a coaxial lead-in cable with all forms of longwires, T-forms or other types of wire antennas, without the need for an antenna tuner.
        [Hits: 171 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • Random wire Unun - Get all band coverage with a single wire and the icom 703
        [Hits: 616 | Votes: 4 | Rating: 9.00]
      • RF Balun Transformers - This application note is designed to help the reader understand how balun transformers can be used in today’s RF/Microwave communication applications.
        [Hits: 202 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • RF in shack with vertical and longwire antennas - Why a vertical antenna or longwire antenna might require a balun
        [Hits: 1618 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 4.00]
      • Simple HF Baluns for 50/75 ohm coax - Show diagrams, winding methods and tables of some 1:1 and 4:1 baluns for 1.8 - 30 MHz suitable for use up to 200W (400W peak) on systems using 50 or 75 ohm coaxial cable input where SWR should not exceed 1.6:1.
        [Hits: 1130 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • Sleeve baluns - Article describes important requirements of sleeve baluns and how they work.
        [Hits: 1086 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • Some aspects of the balun problem - This article explains some of the undesirable effects that occur when a balun is not used, and some that occur when baluns employing coupling transformers are used. Pdf file
        [Hits: 467 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • Testing Baluns - Test results and information on common transmitting baluns
        [Hits: 1011 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 3.00]
      • TH6 balun replacement project - VE7AVV replace balun on a TH6 antenna
        [Hits: 135 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • The 9:1 balun - Antenna special on hard-core-dx.com
        [Hits: 4610 | Votes: 4 | Rating: 6.50]
      • The Air Cored Balun Revisited - By Jim Van Loggerenberg, ZS2LR PEARS
        [Hits: 458 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • The Collins Balun - A balanced-to-unbalanced line transformer made with coaxial cable
        [Hits: 100 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • The Guanella 1:4 balun - A cost effective current-mode 1:4 balun can be constructed from two lengths of coax, two ferrite rods, some electrical tape, cable ties, a length of PVC water-pipe and some connectors. This form of 1:4 current-mode balun is named after G. Guanella.
        [Hits: 251 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • The Ubiquitous 4:1 Balun - A balun project by Cebik, W4RNL
        [Hits: 2189 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 5.00]
      • The Ugly Balun - A 1:1 choke balun for 160 thru 10 meters using one continuos lenght of coax to rig.
        [Hits: 918 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • Transmitting Baluns - One of the most popular Ham-lore rumors is a balun's performance can be tested or evaluated by grabbing the coax and watching for an SWR change. This is probably one of the worse test-rumors circulating
        [Hits: 1431 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • Tutorial on ferrite balun cores - Toroid cores, ferrite rods a good electrical tutorial on baluns
        [Hits: 591 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • Using Delta Matching on HF Beams - Using delta match with HF antennas design
        [Hits: 1556 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 1.00]
      • W1CG Low Power Balun Kit - Contruction manual to build a 4:1 balun, it has good performance from 160 through 10 meters.
        [Hits: 1415 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 7.00]
      • WB6ZQZ 3 in 1 Balun - Builing a triple ration balun, that match resonant antennas from 9 ohms to 75 ohms with 1.5:1 or less SWR
        [Hits: 1653 | Votes: 1 | Rating: 10.00]
      • WB6ZQZ Triple Ratio Balun - This balun matches resonant antennas from 9 to 75 ohms without a tuner and provides RF isolation to keep the current off the transceiver case
        [Hits: 411 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
      • When you need a balun - Answer to a common question, Do I have to have a balun in my antenna ?
        [Hits: 2170 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 1.00]
      • Winding style of toroid chokes and baluns - Dispels myth about choke balun winding method
        [Hits: 2501 | Votes: 2 | Rating: 9.00]
      • ZS6KMD Nescafe 4:1 Balun - Making a 4:1 balun with a nescafe coffee jar lid and a toroid
        [Hits: 397 | Votes: 0 | Rating: 0.00]
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