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Re: lightningbolt 4 element balun info

Hi All

Thanks to all that answered my post. I planed to make it just like
the 4 element lightningbolt.
Some have suggested to feed with separate feed lines using a remote
switch box does anyone
know the exact db gain from this setup?



73 de BILL N8OP
Mon Feb 13, 2012 4:52 pm

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Hi Everyone I have a 2 element lightningbolt quad I am going to replace it with a 4 element quad. My 2 element uses a 2:1 balum the lightningbolt book has the... 		william mason
n8op Offline Send Email 		Feb 9, 2012
3:07 am

Bill, Is this a 3 band or 5 band quad? Or??? Is the 4 element quad as per the lightningbolt dimensions or a different arrangement? Wide spaced? In any case it...
Martin
hs0zed Offline Send Email 		Feb 9, 2012
12:59 pm

Hi Bill, Usually four elements quads are designed for 50 OHm, so you only need a 1:1 balun or choke. Two elements quads are always around 100-150 OHm (112 OHm...
Máximo EA1DDO_HK1H
ea1ddo Offline Send Email 		Feb 9, 2012
12:59 pm

Use this link; http://www.ea1ddo.es/balun/balun_ea1ddo_para_antenas_cubicas.html To: hamquads@yahoogroups.com From: ea1ddo@... Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012...
Máximo EA1DDO_HK1H
ea1ddo Offline Send Email 		Feb 9, 2012
1:50 pm

I took apart a Lightning Bolt matching transformer six months ago because I was curious. It wasn't a balun, it was a trifilar wound 2.25:1 unun. Barry N1EU...
Barry N1EU
N1EU Offline Send Email 		Feb 9, 2012
1:50 pm

I have a brand-new, never installed 2-element Lightning Bolt Quad that I plan to install, hopefully this Summer. I sold the multiband matching transformer...
larryjspammenot@...
k7ljk7lj Offline Send Email 		Feb 9, 2012
10:10 pm

Try using the Budwig Center Insulator. All you have to do is connect the wires to the Budwig and plug in your pl259. W5RY From: HAMQUADS@yahoogroups.com...
Greg Schultz Sr
gwschu Offline Send Email 		Feb 10, 2012
2:30 pm

good suggestion the Lightning Bolt style epoxy-filled PVC end cap would be way too hefty as a single band termination Barry N1EU...
Barry N1EU
N1EU Offline Send Email 		Feb 10, 2012
8:59 pm

Cubex also sells their center insulator, or you can easily make some. I made six for the quad I'm building here from nylon. Mike, k5wmg * *...
Michael Goins
k5wmg Offline Send Email 		Feb 10, 2012
8:59 pm

Thanks for the suggestions, everyone. I do have some of the Budwig center insulators, which I picked up at an estate sale. They would be okay if I was using...
larryjspammenot@...
k7ljk7lj Offline Send Email 		Feb 11, 2012
12:22 am

Larry, Look here, about halfway down the page. This is what John did and I have some I made to use here that are identical and I made them from 1/4 inch nylon...
Michael Goins
k5wmg Offline Send Email 		Feb 11, 2012
3:25 am

I plan on using the budwig. I will use a couple of the copper wire nuts, the ones with the split bolt and nut, you use for connecting 10 and 12 ga wire. W5RY...
Greg Schultz Sr
gwschu Offline Send Email 		Feb 11, 2012
3:25 am

Hi All Thanks to all that answered my post. I planed to make it just like the 4 element lightningbolt. Some have suggested to feed with separate feed lines...
Bill Mason
n8op Offline Send Email 		Feb 13, 2012
5:25 pm
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