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Old September 22nd 09, 09:04 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Roy Lewallen Roy Lewallen is offline
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Default high power 4:1 balun

Jim Lux wrote:

The other factor is core saturation.. flux goes as the voltage*frequency
... so 10:1 VSWR means you might have 10x voltage..


At HF, the ferrites which are best to use for baluns will go up in
flames due to loss at flux densities well below saturation.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL