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Re: Balun on tuner input?

Posted by KEN-3 on Dec 09, 2011; 10:07am
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/KAT500-update-tp7072932p7077649.html


On Dec 8, 2011, at 10:51 PM, Alan Bloom wrote:

> The disadvantage of putting the balun at the input is that none of the
> tuner circuitry can be grounded.  For example, the control shafts of the
> variable capacitors have RF voltage on them, so the knobs must be
> isolated.  


If you have the balun on the input to the tuner, can you have ANY SO-239 outputs and still be balanced? Or it it limited to balanced line output ONLY (e.g. open wire or ladder line), no coax outputs?

Ken
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