Update Re: ladderline and balun question

[KD8NNU]

Just an update on my progress so I can share what I have learned.

So as stuff was disconnected, I for some reason put one snap on choke on
the power leads to the K3, and when in TX using the dummy load it buzzed
like crazy.

I took one #31 ferrite snap on and put 7 turns on it and RF seemed to go
away.

So I connected the antennas and everyting worked better than before when
I had the 1:1 balun.

Plus 160m works now the tuner is happy, the amp is happy.

So I am going to say another lesson learned.  I am going to say this is
another lesson learned.

Too bad I learn the hard way.

Thank you to eveyone who offered suggestions as my next step was
removing the 4:1 and putting the 1:1 back in.

Again this list is great as I have received great suggestions and am
also getting help offline from the reflector on modeling the antennas.

Cheers
Don


~73
Don
KD8NNU



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On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 7:57 PM,  <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Too bad I learn the hard way....
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it "The Way." As in, "how did you learn that the hv capacitors retain
their charge after the power is off?" "Oh, I learned that The Way."

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On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Tony Estep <[hidden email]> wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 7:57 PM,  <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > Too bad I learn the hard way....
> >
> ===========
> There's only one way to learn -- the hard way. So we oughta just call
> it "The Way." As in, "how did you learn that the hv capacitors retain
> their charge after the power is off?" "Oh, I learned that The Way."
>
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