Fantastic video! After many other videos and reading a dozen research papers on this, I finally am beginning to understand it because of you. You showed me visually what I couldn't put together from the written words with an excellent presentation. The best thing of all, however, is that you seem like you are having fun, and I love that. Well done and I thank you for the time and effort you put into this.
Excellent series. I'm back watching them a second time as I watched it last year. This year I want to make a 1:1 balun to use on my 11 meter Moxon antenna. Thank you for taking the time to teach us.
By far the best BALUN video that I've seen. Totally nailed the explanation of what the BALUN is actually for and how to measure it. Thank you for putting out good thorough information. Now on to part 2.
I wanted to thank you for this video. I had a balun on my loop antenna and had problems. I measured my loop for 3.55 mhz since it’s harmonics would be 7.1, 14.2, 21.3, 24.85 and 28.4 Mhz - I had very nice swr on all bands except the primary frequency. I did everything, shortened the antenna, lengthened the antenna. Shortened the ladder line, lengthened the ladder line. Increased height… basically everything but couldn’t get swr down to a reasonable reading on 3.55 mhz. After watching your video, I then looked at my balun. I had recently bought a VNA and found the balun had swr issues on 80 meters. All that work on the antenna for nothing. One top off was when I put a length of 75 ohm coax then to 50 ohm, the swr went down, but I wanted to use the loop on all multiples of the frequencies… so all this time, it was the balun. The balun said it was rated from 1.8-30 mhz at 150 watts. Well, this well known companies 4:1 balun didn’t work in the lower bands. With VNAs becoming within nearly everyone’s budget, those companies who rate their Baluns will now have hams looking over their shoulders. I built my own balun according to your other videos and now the loop works fine. Thanks again for your instructive videos…. De AL7KT
Very very good video. MANY TNX for making it. I've got hundreds of videos here on TH-cam and I'm sure you've discovered it's best to IGNORE the A * * HAT comments. Many of us really appreciate you sharing your knowledge and curating it here on TH-cam.
You're most welcome. 73 de W3ATB I need every video you can make about all things baluns and antennas. There are many who are very very grateful for your investment of time and you curating your knowledge.
Thank you Tim. Well there is a lot of stuff already here on my YT channel and even the balun series is 4 parts and one more is in production. If you like you can link my videos on your channel....Thanks again an have a nice week 73 de Peter
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a TRX video series explaining BALUNS and chokes is the mural of the Sistine Chapel, and many of the explanations presented elsewhere are simply cave paintings. Thank you for bringing an EE analysis to the table, TRX. Your channel is one of the best out there, alongside W2AEW channel and The Signal Path channel.
I seldom have full confidence in TH-cam tech vid info but this maker inspires confidence that he knows what he's teaching. Also, he goes slowly and methodically providing very good instruction.
Let me join in with many others to say this is the best description and examples of what a Balun is and how it should work that I have seen. This should be the first video anyone watches to understand these devices. Thank you for all your efforts and youtube videos. K1KLW
I finally understand what a BALUN actually is and what it is supposed to do. This was always a washy concept for me. Seeing the broadcast amplifier added to the description makes all the difference. Danke!
Thank you for this entire series Peter! Please ignore anyone who either A) criticizes your English or B) says that the videos are too long. English is a goofy language, and yours is as good as most native speakers. As for too long; well there are fast forward buttons - but as yet there are no "please show me more details" buttons on TH-cam. Always best to put it all in there.
Now this is the part of radio and antenna's that I find really fascinating.....Many thanks for this Peter and will be looking forward for part two......73....
I have been an operator for about 16 years. I am only now beginning to learn about Balun and how and why it works. I want to say thank you for taking the time to put the videos online to help everyone learn about an important but often ignored aspect of our hobby. Good Job!
This video is very detailed and explained in a great amount of time as opposed to other videos on youtube. I know that it will take more of my time to watch the video but for sure I will learn much more then what a short video has to offer. I enjoy the mild manor humor and even the slight mistakes of camera use as it is in the real world. Pleas know that your videos are much appreciated among the new and old "HAM" radio community. There is always something more to learn that we may have over looked or very simply have not had anyone else to teach us as in my situation. I look forward to viewing as many of your teachings and explanations about electronics as are available. 73 from VA3ACJ
Thank you very much for this great video ! I was looking for more explanations concerning de Baluns since some days... you did it ! I will continue with your next video. Vielen Dank und Grüsse aus dem Elsass !
Thank you Peter for making radio life interesting. You speak great English and explain complex subjects very clearly. Keep doing the videos because they are most appreciated. 73 de GI8WFA.
If you want to get the pronunciation down exactly, it's bal-un, or multiple bal-uns. Your'e such a delightfully charming person, I really don't think that it matters. Thank you very much for being so instructive and having us all visit with you.Verend
Great explanation Peter. Looking forward to part 2. That's one thing I have never done is wind my own Balun. Always used commercially made ones. I'm tempted to test them and see just how well they actually work. Mike
Another great video, and it debunks a lot of the claims made about overpriced junk products peddled to unsuspecting hams. I looked for that VNA & found it was sold out in 2014 and they are not making anymore of them. I found another similar kit on eBay that has good reviews on eHam for whatever that is worth. If I get lucky, I might make enough betting on the election to buy a nice comm monitor. & spectrum analyzer. I started buying Amidon cores some time ago and witch wind my own Baluns, and Ununs. I am so happy you are going into some depth on the theory of functional working baluns! Thank you again, Peter! I was out of town on July 2, 2016, away from the internet & television. I did find a lovely old WWII transceiver, and the dynamotor power supply, complete with 1942 211 valves! My uncle wants me to take it home, so in January, I will bring it back with me. Gott Segne 73s!
Hi Peter, another one of your great videos. I Enjoyed it. This is one of those videos you watch more than once. Great subject you picked for this one. Will wait for part two. 73
I am just starting to learn ham / amateur radio hobby. Your video is super and very informative, I had learnt heaps and loo for to the next video. regards Rick, ham radio student.
To the grammar police. How's your German? For us that are new and even those that are not, this is an excellent video. 10/10. Explains very well and a lot of education in very short time. Why disrespect someone who is so generous to help others. Not cool. Maybe he should post in German so we can see how well you do interrupting for us.
Excellent video, Peter. I have, over the years, built my own common mode chokes, and, like you, stand on the shoulders of the giants. 34 years of RF construction and still learning, it's nice to know there are still guys out there willing to take the time to teach the new-comers to RF construction. Thanks for the IC-7100 ALC modification. That was well thought out and, the modification works very well, though I now tend to wind down the output to 100 Watts. Don't want to be greedy, eh. Looking forward to the next episode. Cheers... Tony g6ypk
Thank you Tony! Yeah If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. That is how scientific works... we learn more any new day. Thanks for stopping by. 73
Thanks, Peter. Keep up the good work. I'm about to give a talk in 20 minutes to the radio club on construction and theory on common mode choke/ baluns. Regards ..Tony g6ypk
Really thank you TRX Bench for your video. This is something all new hams ought to see and assimilate. As for the pronunciations Balloon or B al un, who cares? We ALL did understand what your are talking about. Let's try guys not to concentrate on this little word but appreciate the real good explanation. Thumb up for me. 73 Daniel, IK2SGL/OA8
Good points made. However, the 2nd & 3rd examples are “chokes” (not impedance matching transformers) .. but, good “partial” info for a center fed dipole. Also, End Fed Half Wave antennas require a 49:1 “step up”/ 50 ohm to “high” impedance (about 2400 ohms or so) match. Hence, the primary and secondary need common ground (and usually/likely need a “choke” to block common mode RF current on the feed line).
I have seen a few other videos on this topic but none were as awesome as this 2 Part Series. Finally someone actually explained the concepts of why it is needed and why some designs are better than others. I have seen some videos that probably don't really work this well because they did not test them. I would like to see Part 3 where you finish the balun and show it mounted and connected in the box with some design elements to consider. Meanwhile please show me a picture of it with the cover off. Thanks!
Nice video, Peter I made the same spiderbeam Balun like that one. I used the same size core, but used a good quality rj58 mil spec coax for my homemade spiderbeam antenna. It works well the Balun, no common mode currents.
Peter thanks for the tutorial. Not sure I fully understand how baluns work. Probably need to watch the video again a few times. Looking forward to watching part 2 though. Robert.
Just wonderful, quality content and entertainment. Also, I'm sure you will not mind, I loved the pronunciation and was laughing at the 'Balloon' (which is what we have at parties of different colours and blow up with air). 'Bal' (as in balance) and 'un' (as in under). Its such a trifling thing, and I was wondering if I should even mention it, but I wanted to say thank you anyway, so it was an opportunity. On second thoughts please keep saying balloon.
Peter another fantastic video, perhaps the best handling of this information on the internet that I have seen! Again very timely, I was doing almost the exact same experiments last week trying to really understand how Bal-Uns work. There is so much information on the Internet and lots of it is just wrong or they make it way too complicated. You presented and walk the viewer through it perfectly and again I felt so smart knowing what and where you were heading and I learned something too... I can't wait for you next video, take care!
Nice video Peter. After looking again, the connections are clear. They weren't because some soldered points covered the hot wires. One more question: the two common mode signals are connected to the primary winding. But then you don't have a primary current, do you? In that case: how can the balun generate a secondary winding current / voltage? Or are we dealing with a capacitive coupling i? My former question: The connections of the measurement setup are not clearly visible in the video. Could you provide a schematic of it? And an explanation based on this diagram would be very welcome. Thanks in advance and all good wishes for 2021!
Just wanted to say thanks Peter for this fine video on Baluns. I learned more than I ever did before about these mysterious "creatures." I am really looking forward for the next video to see how you come up with one with both good swr and proper reduction of common mode current as well. A good trick I would say. I would also love to play with one and see if I could be successful as well. Very, very interesting and Good luck! 73s Tom
Will be waiting on part 2 Peter. I need to build a new one for my Hygain TH6DX. The one on it is about to fall apart due to age. Very nicely done my friend. Thanks for sharing as always. 73 Buddy
Will be waiting to see it Peter. I went up on the roof yesterday and the wiring on mine is old and cracking up. It was only designed for 200 watts when I built it. At least it is easy to get to. This monster antenna weighs in at 95 pounds (43 kilo's)
yeah to heavy for easily take it down. It that the antenna on your tower behind your house? Well the Balun I will demonstrate will be good for minimum 800 Watt. Take care bro 73
Hi Peter. Another great video about amateur radio.( und auch englisher sprachen technique, mit die andre "coments"). Never mind I suppose it is a pity that is what we must put up with.(QRM. est das richtig.???). what I cannot understand is the crazy price I see that is asked for the cost of a ferrite toroid and a bit of copper wire . It takes minutes to wind one, then put it into a container with connectors in place. With thanks to Peter and others, newcomers to Ham radio can easily see how things work and how to make them. 73 de G0WXU.
Love to see someone actually doing important measurments. I'm so tired of only SWR being measured. Now I need to find out how to do this 1 with the TinySA 2 with the NanoVNA if possible.
Excellent presentation thank you. Now I understand, I can go ahead and build my 'small' magnetic loop antenna coupling coil with better balance than planned, and lower noise. Thanks again!
TRX Bench. Ausgezeichnet! Utterly superb video and, for your interest, in the North of England, Coax IS pronounced CORKS, quite clearly revealing the Anglo Saxon roots of the English language. Ich wünschte dass ich könnte Deutsch so gut sprechen wie Sie Englisch sprechen können!
Hi, I really enjoyed this video series and has helped me a lot. Your friends design on the 12 turn 1:1 torroidal balun is the one which I will be using on my hf antennas in the future.
Thank you for this series of videos Peter! Very informative, and illustrates the various aspects of balun operation very well. Hoping to build a suitable balun for improving my dipole setup. 73 de Matt M0CUV
+TRX Bench Hi Peter, I've been searching for the right type of wire... I only use QRP (max 10W), and was thinking of using the smaller FT140-43 core - would you just use the same number of turns but with a thinner wire? 73 Matt
And YES, i find all your videos are be great. Und wenn das Englisch nicht gut sein sollte, dann eben auf Deutsch, ich finde alle deine Videos großartig!
Thank you for the clear and thoughtful explanation. Your ability to combine theory and practice is excellent!
Fantastic video! After many other videos and reading a dozen research papers on this, I finally am beginning to understand it because of you. You showed me visually what I couldn't put together from the written words with an excellent presentation. The best thing of all, however, is that you seem like you are having fun, and I love that. Well done and I thank you for the time and effort you put into this.
Excellent series. I'm back watching them a second time as I watched it last year. This year I want to make a 1:1 balun to use on my 11 meter Moxon antenna. Thank you for taking the time to teach us.
Freaking fantastic. Nice to have someone explain the why and the how...not just "do this because everyone says do this"
By far the best BALUN video that I've seen. Totally nailed the explanation of what the BALUN is actually for and how to measure it. Thank you for putting out good thorough information. Now on to part 2.
I wanted to thank you for this video. I had a balun on my loop antenna and had problems. I measured my loop for 3.55 mhz since it’s harmonics would be 7.1, 14.2, 21.3, 24.85 and 28.4 Mhz - I had very nice swr on all bands except the primary frequency. I did everything, shortened the antenna, lengthened the antenna. Shortened the ladder line, lengthened the ladder line. Increased height… basically everything but couldn’t get swr down to a reasonable reading on 3.55 mhz. After watching your video, I then looked at my balun. I had recently bought a VNA and found the balun had swr issues on 80 meters. All that work on the antenna for nothing. One top off was when I put a length of 75 ohm coax then to 50 ohm, the swr went down, but I wanted to use the loop on all multiples of the frequencies… so all this time, it was the balun. The balun said it was rated from 1.8-30 mhz at 150 watts. Well, this well known companies 4:1 balun didn’t work in the lower bands. With VNAs becoming within nearly everyone’s budget, those companies who rate their Baluns will now have hams looking over their shoulders. I built my own balun according to your other videos and now the loop works fine. Thanks again for your instructive videos…. De AL7KT
glad that you liked my video! Thank you
Excellent video and analysis. Thank you.
Very very good video. MANY TNX for making it. I've got hundreds of videos here on TH-cam and I'm sure you've discovered it's best to IGNORE the A * * HAT comments. Many of us really appreciate you sharing your knowledge and curating it here on TH-cam.
Thank you very much for feed-back! Glad that you like my video! Of course you are right we have to IGNORE those comments. Thanks for stepping in 73
You're most welcome. 73 de W3ATB I need every video you can make about all things baluns and antennas. There are many who are very very grateful for your investment of time and you curating your knowledge.
Thank you Tim. Well there is a lot of stuff already here on my YT channel and even the balun series is 4 parts and one more is in production. If you like you can link my videos on your channel....Thanks again an have a nice week 73 de Peter
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a TRX video series explaining BALUNS and chokes is the mural of the Sistine Chapel, and many of the explanations presented elsewhere are simply cave paintings.
Thank you for bringing an EE analysis to the table, TRX. Your channel is one of the best out there, alongside W2AEW channel and The Signal Path channel.
Great Balun video Peter. Love the high energy into! :^) That miniVNA is a neat piece of test gear. All my thumbs point upwards!
Thank you Paul! Yes the miniVNA is really neat. Now there is a new version on the market which goes up to 3Ghz. 73
Exceptional tutorial and walk-through! I wish I had found this sooner. Thank you!
I seldom have full confidence in TH-cam tech vid info but this maker inspires confidence that he knows what he's teaching. Also, he goes slowly and methodically providing very good instruction.
Thank you ( danke) Peter.. A lot of questions answered an a few remaining. Excellent presentation..
Many thanks Peter, a superb video, and something to learn from, 73's! and hope to catch you on the bands one day.
Great information, and taking much time and work for this video
thank you Peter
Thank you Dennis. Yes you are right this kind of videos consuming a lot of time until it can be uploaded... All the best and 73
Great video Peter and look forward to seeing further video information....Thank you for all your work! 73s Greg VK3KV
Fantastic video! Thank you! Now I'll watch part two, for the rest of the story.
Thank you Robert! 73
Let me join in with many others to say this is the best description and examples of what a Balun is and how it should work that I have seen. This should be the first video anyone watches to understand these devices.
Thank you for all your efforts and youtube videos.
K1KLW
Thanks for the kind words! 73
Excellent presentation Peter. I actually learned something. Thank you very much.
This one video taught me more about this subject than everything else I've ever read or seen. Very grateful to you.
Glad that you like it David! Thanks for watching 73
Very useful video, I took notes for many aspects you've mentioned. Thank you very much Peter. 73, Kostas
Thank you Kostas, glad that you have a use for the video... All the best 73
Thanks a lot for your patience to explain this to all all the best
Thanks for going far and beyond explaining all this material. 73
Glad that you liked the video!
I finally understand what a BALUN actually is and what it is supposed to do. This was always a washy concept for me. Seeing the broadcast amplifier added to the description makes all the difference. Danke!
Thank you for this entire series Peter! Please ignore anyone who either A) criticizes your English or B) says that the videos are too long. English is a goofy language, and yours is as good as most native speakers. As for too long; well there are fast forward buttons - but as yet there are no "please show me more details" buttons on TH-cam. Always best to put it all in there.
Thanks for feed back and all the kind words Matt! All the best and 73
Fantastic and easy to understand great video keep them going 👍
Muy claro! excelente demostración! Thanks for all your jobs! 73! LW9ETR desde Argentina!
Thanks for explaining this. I'm not very technical so this helped me a lot.
Sensational video. Thank you so much for taking the time to explain many aspects. You've greatly helped my understanding on this topic.
Now this is the part of radio and antenna's that I find really fascinating.....Many thanks for this Peter and will be looking forward for part two......73....
Thanks for feed-back! 73
I have been an operator for about 16 years. I am only now beginning to learn about Balun and how and why it works. I want to say thank you for taking the time to put the videos online to help everyone learn about an important but often ignored aspect of our hobby. Good Job!
Thanks for feed-back and watching Tommy 73
This video is very detailed and explained in a great amount of time as opposed to other videos on youtube. I know that it will take more of my time to watch the video but for sure I will learn much more then what a short video has to offer. I enjoy the mild manor humor and even the slight mistakes of camera use as it is in the real world. Pleas know that your videos are much appreciated among the new and old "HAM" radio community. There is always something more to learn that we may have over looked or very simply have not had anyone else to teach us as in my situation. I look forward to viewing as many of your teachings and explanations about electronics as are available. 73 from VA3ACJ
Hi Sam, thanks for kind words! Glad that you like it. All the best 73
Thank you, fantastic job very well explained. I'm surprised out of 160 thousand views you only have 3,000 likes
Thank you very much for this great video ! I was looking for more explanations concerning de Baluns since some days... you did it ! I will continue with your next video. Vielen Dank und Grüsse aus dem Elsass !
Thank you Peter for making radio life interesting. You speak great English and explain complex subjects very clearly. Keep doing the videos because they are most appreciated. 73 de GI8WFA.
Thank you
Thanks for posting very interesting video with easy to understand description great job
Thank you John, that was my intention and I'm glad that it works! 73
Just to add my thanks for your effort and obvious enthusiasm in helping folks like me to further our knowledge. Much appreciated, now to watch part 2
Thank you! 73
If you want to get the pronunciation down exactly, it's bal-un, or multiple bal-uns. Your'e such a delightfully charming person, I really don't think that it matters. Thank you very much for being so instructive and having us all visit with you.Verend
Thank you! Very good video! Love your accent, and regardless of how you pronounce Balun, you are very understandable!
LOL Thank you :^)
Good video, waving from my tech bench. 73🇺🇸
Great explanation Peter. Looking forward to part 2. That's one thing I have never done is wind my own Balun. Always used commercially made ones. I'm tempted to test them and see just how well they actually work.
Mike
Thank you Mike. Yeah you have all the needed test equipment to test them. Curious how that turns out... All the best 73
Another great video, and it debunks a lot of the claims made about overpriced junk products peddled to unsuspecting hams. I looked for that VNA & found it was sold out in 2014 and they are not making anymore of them. I found another similar kit on eBay that has good reviews on eHam for whatever that is worth. If I get lucky, I might make enough betting on the election to buy a nice comm monitor. & spectrum analyzer. I started buying Amidon cores some time ago and witch wind my own Baluns, and Ununs. I am so happy you are going into some depth on the theory of functional working baluns! Thank you again, Peter! I was out of town on July 2, 2016, away from the internet & television. I did find a lovely old WWII transceiver, and the dynamotor power supply, complete with 1942 211 valves! My uncle wants me to take it home, so in January, I will bring it back with me. Gott Segne 73s!
Looking forward to part 2! Very informative look into the mysteries and magic of 'balun' world.
Already in production Sam! Thanks for watching 73
Hi Peter, another one of your great videos. I Enjoyed it. This is one of those videos you watch more than once. Great subject you picked for this one. Will wait for part two. 73
Thanks for the kind words Larry! 73
I am just starting to learn ham / amateur radio hobby. Your video is super and very informative, I had learnt heaps and loo for to the next video. regards Rick, ham radio student.
Thanks for feed-back Rick 73
Thanks for the video Peter very well done and explained.
Thank you so much. Take care 73
Thank You Peter! I love your videos! I have learned so much from you..
Thanks for watching David.. 73
To the grammar police. How's your German?
For us that are new and even those that are not, this is an excellent video. 10/10. Explains very well and a lot of education in very short time.
Why disrespect someone who is so generous to help others. Not cool.
Maybe he should post in German so we can see how well you do interrupting for us.
Hi Peter, This is also a very educational video. Thank you.
Excellent video, Peter. I have, over the years, built my own common mode chokes, and, like you, stand on the shoulders of the giants. 34 years of RF construction and still learning, it's nice to know there are still guys out there willing to take the time to teach the new-comers to RF construction. Thanks for the IC-7100 ALC modification. That was well thought out and, the modification works very well, though I now tend to wind down the output to 100 Watts. Don't want to be greedy, eh.
Looking forward to the next episode. Cheers... Tony g6ypk
Thank you Tony! Yeah If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. That is how scientific works... we learn more any new day. Thanks for stopping by. 73
Thanks, Peter. Keep up the good work. I'm about to give a talk in 20 minutes to the radio club on construction and theory on common mode choke/ baluns. Regards ..Tony g6ypk
Thank you again
we are Here following you
We learn a lot from you.
73.
Thanks for feed back Hussain... 73
Excellent presentation. Many thanks.
Really thank you TRX Bench for your video. This is something all new hams ought to see and assimilate. As for the pronunciations Balloon or B al un, who cares? We ALL did understand what your are talking about. Let's try guys not to concentrate on this little word but appreciate the real good explanation. Thumb up for me. 73 Daniel, IK2SGL/OA8
Glad that you like it Daniel. Thanks for watching 73
Excellent video. Thank you for making it understandable for a layman like myself. Kudo's to you sir.
Thanks for watching Rich 73
Greetings from USA Peter ! Thank you very much for this very informative video !! Excellent !! 73 de WN3SIX
Glad that you like the videos Mark! Thanks for feed-back 73
Brilliant stuff ,thanks for sharing .
Wonderful instructional video. Thank you very much !
Thanks for feed back John 73
Very nice presentations on balun subject. I really appreciated the hints .
Congratulations!
Vy 73 Luiz-PY2CN
Thank you very much Luiz
Good points made. However, the 2nd & 3rd examples are “chokes” (not impedance matching transformers) .. but, good “partial” info for a center fed dipole. Also, End Fed Half Wave antennas require a 49:1 “step up”/ 50 ohm to “high” impedance (about 2400 ohms or so) match. Hence, the primary and secondary need common ground (and usually/likely need a “choke” to block common mode RF current on the feed line).
Outstanding instructional video. I would not know if the info was wrong and i hope and pretty sure it wasn’t.
Very fine informations about balun, great thanks to you, best 73 F5HUP
I have seen a few other videos on this topic but none were as awesome as this 2 Part Series. Finally someone actually explained the concepts of why it is needed and why some designs are better than others. I have seen some videos that probably don't really work this well because they did not test them. I would like to see Part 3 where you finish the balun and show it mounted and connected in the box with some design elements to consider. Meanwhile please show me a picture of it with the cover off. Thanks!
Thanks Peter, finally, I understand this test method!
Nice video, Peter I made the same spiderbeam Balun like that one. I used the same size core, but used a good quality rj58 mil spec coax for my homemade spiderbeam antenna. It works well the Balun, no common mode currents.
Nice lesson. Thanks Peter.
Thanks for watching Robert ! 73
Thanks Peter, very useful. Look forward to Part 2! 73 - Dino KL0S
Thanks Dino the next video is already in production.. 73
Thanks, really interesting video. Look forward to the next part.
Thank you Steve! By the way could you please check your massage in box. All the best Cheers
Perfect timing! :) I've been researching building one! Thanks!
Very good! Good luck with the project. Thanks for stopping by 73
Waiting for part #2 , Peter. Compliments for 100 videos !!! :-)
Thank you Pasquale!! Part 2 is already in production 73
Great video and information as to the REAL importance and use for a balum. Looking forward to your next vedio same subject.
Thank you Eddie...73
Peter thanks for the tutorial. Not sure I fully understand how baluns work. Probably need to watch the video again a few times. Looking forward to watching part 2 though. Robert.
Hi Robert, glad that you like it! Thanks for watching 73
Fantastic videos every time. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with the world. VK7HCK 73’s Con
Just wonderful, quality content and entertainment.
Also, I'm sure you will not mind, I loved the pronunciation and was laughing at the 'Balloon' (which is what we have at parties of different colours and blow up with air). 'Bal' (as in balance) and 'un' (as in under). Its such a trifling thing, and I was wondering if I should even mention it, but I wanted to say thank you anyway, so it was an opportunity. On second thoughts please keep saying balloon.
LOL very nice thank you! Well lets see if I have learned something in Part3. Thanks for watching 73
Peter another fantastic video, perhaps the best handling of this information on the internet that I have seen! Again very timely, I was doing almost the exact same experiments last week trying to really understand how Bal-Uns work. There is so much information on the Internet and lots of it is just wrong or they make it way too complicated. You presented and walk the viewer through it perfectly and again I felt so smart knowing what and where you were heading and I learned something too... I can't wait for you next video, take care!
Thank you Michael, yeah it is funny that my videos are always just in time :^) All the best 73
Peter: I actually understood this information! I look forward to the other videos and learning about baluns and toroid use. Thank you for your effort!
Hi Jim, thanks for feed-back glad that you like it 73
Nice video Peter.
After looking again, the connections are clear. They weren't because some soldered points covered the hot wires.
One more question: the two common mode signals are connected to the primary winding. But then you don't have a primary current, do you? In that case: how can the balun generate a secondary winding current / voltage?
Or are we dealing with a capacitive coupling i?
My former question:
The connections of the measurement setup are not clearly visible in the video. Could you provide a schematic of it?
And an explanation based on this diagram would be very welcome.
Thanks in advance and all good wishes for 2021!
Another excellent and informative video. Many thanks.
Thanks for watching 73
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Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to pt2.
Thank you! 73
Great video. Nicely done. Barry, KU3X
Just wanted to say thanks Peter for this fine video on Baluns. I learned
more than I ever did before about these mysterious "creatures."
I am really looking forward for the next video to see how you come up with one with both good swr and proper reduction of common mode current as well. A good trick I would say.
I would also love to play with one and see if I could be successful as well.
Very, very interesting and Good luck!
73s
Tom
Thanks for the kind words Tom. Always glad if my contest is of any interest. All the best Cheers
Will be waiting on part 2 Peter. I need to build a new one for my Hygain TH6DX. The one on it is about to fall apart due to age. Very nicely done my friend. Thanks for sharing as always. 73 Buddy
Okay then we need to do it double as good as planned bro ! :^) Thanks for feed back my friend 73
Will be waiting to see it Peter. I went up on the roof yesterday and the wiring on mine is old and cracking up. It was only designed for 200 watts when I built it. At least it is easy to get to. This monster antenna weighs in at 95 pounds (43 kilo's)
yeah to heavy for easily take it down. It that the antenna on your tower behind your house? Well the Balun I will demonstrate will be good for minimum 800 Watt. Take care bro 73
It is on a 25 foot telephone pole. I have a platform under it so I can work on it when needed. Will be waiting for further videos my friend.
Thank you for this great content, very helpfull for new hams
Thanks for watching 73
Hi Peter. Another great video about amateur radio.( und auch englisher sprachen technique, mit die andre "coments"). Never mind I suppose it is a pity that is what we must put up with.(QRM. est das richtig.???). what I cannot understand is the crazy price I see that is asked for the cost of a ferrite toroid and a bit of copper wire . It takes minutes to wind one, then put it into a container with connectors in place. With thanks to Peter and others, newcomers to Ham radio can easily see how things work and how to make them. 73 de G0WXU.
Danke! The Balun video-series I was looking for :)
Love to see someone actually doing important measurments. I'm so tired of only SWR being measured. Now I need to find out how to do this 1 with the TinySA 2 with the NanoVNA if possible.
Excellent video. I learned something !
Great explanation, thank you for your videos.
Excellent presentation thank you. Now I understand, I can go ahead and build my 'small' magnetic loop antenna coupling coil with better balance than planned, and lower noise. Thanks again!
Many thanks this is very interesting indeed. I'm now getting the gist of this subject.
Glad that you like it. Thanks for watching 73
TRX Bench.
Ausgezeichnet!
Utterly superb video and, for your interest, in the North of England, Coax IS pronounced CORKS, quite clearly revealing the Anglo Saxon roots of the English language.
Ich wünschte dass ich könnte Deutsch so gut sprechen wie Sie Englisch sprechen können!
Thank you for your feed back. Glad that you liked it 73
Very good and useful video. Thank you very much
Great as usual! Now on to the next part! About to build an 9:1 unun, so maybe I'll do it the right way after watching your videos. Thanks!
Thanks for watching Jack 73
Hi, I really enjoyed this video series and has helped me a lot. Your friends design on the 12 turn 1:1 torroidal balun is the one which I will be using on my hf antennas in the future.
Thanks for feed back Danny! 73
Thank you for your great effort.
Excellent presentation de N9NY
Thanks, great video. I only wish you'd shown the winding of baluns you used in the video, I was able to figure it out.
I see you found it :-)
Thank you for this series of videos Peter! Very informative, and illustrates the various aspects of balun operation very well. Hoping to build a suitable balun for improving my dipole setup. 73 de Matt M0CUV
Hi Matt, thanks for watching, glad that you like it. All the best and 73
+TRX Bench Hi Peter, I've been searching for the right type of wire... I only use QRP (max 10W), and was thinking of using the smaller FT140-43 core - would you just use the same number of turns but with a thinner wire? 73 Matt
+Matt Gumbley yes I would use the same number of turns
And YES, i find all your videos are be great. Und wenn das Englisch nicht gut sein sollte, dann eben auf Deutsch, ich finde alle deine Videos großartig!
Highly underrated channel.
Thank for the rating!
Vielen Danke fur dieses Video machen! Es war sehr informativ und Ich habe viele gelernt!