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Accessories - Baluns, Chokes & UN-UNS

1:1, 4:1, and 6:1 Ratio Voltage Baluns

  • All models have SO239 input connector
    (type N-female connectors available upon request)
  • 80m thru 10m performance
    (except wideband versions that cover 80m thru 6m)
  • Legal limit power handling when matched to a 50 Ohm antenna
  • All hardware is stainless steel for long lasting performance
  • Insulated wire pigtails to connect to antenna wires
  • DC continuity between all connections
  • Use on both dipoles and beams
  • Use a 1:1 balun for half-wave dipoles and inverted V antennas
  • Use a 4:1 balun for folded dipoles and windom type antennas
  • Use a 6:1 balun for windom type antennas or matching to 300 Ohm ladder line
Model Nos. Ratio Freq. Range Price
BAL-1:1SS 1:1 80m-10m $39.95
BAL-4:1SS 4:1 80m-10m $39.95
BAL-4:1WBSS 4:1 80m-6m $44.95
BAL-6:1SS 6:1 80m-10m $44.95

1:1 Ratio Current Baluns

  • All models have SO239 input connector
    (type N-female connectors available upon request)
  • Consider 160m thru 6m performance or 80m thru 6m performance
  • 5000W power handling when matched to a 50 Ohm antenna
  • All hardware is stainless steel for long lasting performance
  • Insulated wire pigtails to connect to antenna wires
  • Use on both dipoles and beams
Model Nos. Ratio Freq. Range Price
RFCB-6U 1:1 80m-6m $44.95
RFCB-12U 1:1 160m-6m $59.95

1:1 In-Line RF Choke

  • All models have SO239 input connector on both ends
    (type N-female connectors available upon request)
  • Consider 160m thru 6m performance or 80m thru 6m performance
  • 5000W power handling when matched to a 50 Ohm antenna
  • All hardware is stainless steel for long lasting performance
  • Use in-line to prevent RF from getting into your shack along the coax
Model Nos. Ratio Freq. Range Price
RFC-8U 1:1 80m-6m $49.95
RFC-12U 1:1 160m-6m $59.95

UN-UNS (unbalanced-to-unbalanced)

  • UN-UNS are used to feed long wire antennas where a step-up Impedance ratio is needed to match the high Impedance of an end fed half-wave wire
  • An UN-UN will work well where the antenna's length is a multiple of a half wave at the lower frequency
  • Many UN-UN's are used to feed the half-wave wire but use the feed coax shield for the ground reference. This can cause radiation on the coax which is not good , nor a safe thing to have.
  • Adding an in-line RF choke a distance back from the UN-UN is a good thing to do
  • We recommend a counterpoise of about 0.05 wavelengths at the lowest frequency
  • See our new series of off center fed multiband dipoles which are used for the UN-UNS (Click for Details)
  • Standard center fed input connector is a Type-UHF female (SO-239) but Type-N female is also available
  • Model Frequency Power Price
    4:1-UN-UN 7 - 30 MHz. 1000W $49.95
    6:1-UN-UN 7 - 30 MHz. 1000W $49.95
    9:1-UN-UN 7 - 30 MHz. 800W $54.95