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Hombrew Air Core Balun Goran SM2YER

This document summarizes the construction of a homemade air core balun for use with a single band 80M dipole antenna. The balun uses three coils wound on a plastic tubing core to provide impedance matching between the balanced antenna and unbalanced feedline. Testing showed the balun has a frequency response of 3-30 MHz and can handle at least 1 kW of power. Assembly instructions are provided along with diagrams and photos of the balun components and testing setup.

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Hombrew Air Core Balun Goran SM2YER

This document summarizes the construction of a homemade air core balun for use with a single band 80M dipole antenna. The balun uses three coils wound on a plastic tubing core to provide impedance matching between the balanced antenna and unbalanced feedline. Testing showed the balun has a frequency response of 3-30 MHz and can handle at least 1 kW of power. Assembly instructions are provided along with diagrams and photos of the balun components and testing setup.

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1:1 Homebrew Air Core Balun SM2YER Goran

I made this 'Air Core' balun for use with a singe band portable 80M dipole. The manufacturing is quite simple and the
result is a nice and very 'Heavy Duty' balun.

This type of balun is normally used with broad-band or multi-band wire antennas, - where gamma-match or other narrow-
band matching is not suitable. The balun is also suitable for use with logo-periodic or multi-band directional Yagi
antennas.



- Technical data -
SPECIFICATIONS
========================================
Frequency response ... 3-30 MHz
Maximum Input Power .. At least 1 KW
Input Impedance ...... 50ohm unbalanced
Impedance ratio ...... 1:1 (In/Out)
Dimensions ...........
Weight ...............

- Making the balun -



Principle - The coils on an air balun is not different from a Ferrite-balun, in the layout above you see the principle. Two
coils (Yellow & red) is used as straight thru-feed, one for center conductor and the other for the shield conductor, they are
connected directly to each dipole half, The blue coil is used for reversed 'pick-up' and balances the dipole connections.



The Air-balun is made on a plastic 'No conducting' core,- Use a piece of plastic tubing about 25mm in diameter and about
66mm long. Drill three 2mm holes, - slightly in diagonal in one end, with about 5mm distance. drill three 2mm holes in the
same manner in the other end of the tube,- distance between the two hole-rows is 49mm.

(On the images below i use 2mm Cu wire, the measurements given in this text is calculated using 1,5mm cu-wire)


Ready made coil and the test setup

Hint! It is best to make one coil at the time, dont try to put all three on the core at once.

- Testing the balun -
To this moment my only test is the frequency response shown here. I also need to make some loss/return loss
measurements.


Test setup


Frequency response using mini-vna


Parts before final assembly


Inside of so-239 connector at balun bottom


Connection cable to balun core connections


Internal assembly for the antenna Wire attachment and hanger pulley


Drain hole at balun bottom


Antenna Wire attachment and connections

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