Homemade 1:1 Common Mode Current Balun Testing

Testing out my home made 1:1 balun for common mode current attenuation.
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Usual disclaimer: I'm a hobbyist, curious about the world and on the adventure to explore. These videos share my momentary discoveries and experiences. Life goes too fast to spend time in the editing room.

[@fastradioburst253]

I've not understood the need to put the resistors in series with the test circuit. How would this affect the actual amount of attenuation provided by the windings on the toroid, or more importantly, the measurement of same?

[@zdenkoskamla9815]

how much power one ft240-43 can withstand in this configuration

[@YTANDY100]

nice enough video but when you connected two ends of each pair it wasnt as a transformer , it was as more of a capacitor or two separate antennas and at 8:00 ish the resistance was 25 ohm :-)

[@adventurelaus]

I agree that's this is a capacitor. Thanks for pointing it out.

[@YTANDY100]

@@adventurelaus your welcome :-)

[@arcanestudio]

You may want to feed your balun in common mode just as the TRX bench guy has done with 25 ohm resistors. Then, you will discover how it performs.

[@g0fvt]

Fascinating, broadly similar to my results, I was considering sleeving the wires to try to reduce turn to turn capacitance 73

[@arcanestudio]

The windings on the balun are controlled impedance transmission lines on both sides of the core. The transmission line impedance should be 100 ohms for optimum performance. In order to make this transmission line, DG0SA has chosen #18 AWG PTFE wire. The wire is either solid silver or silver plated. Sadly, the DG0SA website says that he has passed away, but the site is still available.

[@arcanestudio]

If you were to sleeve the wire, you would alter the transmission line impedance which has to be 100 ohms.

[@g0fvt]

@@arcanestudio I meant an overall sleeve with each pair of conductors in it. As you say PTFE insulated wire is silver plated, as the coating attacks copper. Sleeving the "pairs" would not change the transmission line impedance.

[@arcanestudio]

​@@g0fvt I am sorry to have misunderstood your original intent. From what I have read, the windings should be wound as tightly as possible on the core - without air gaps. Controlling the transmission line impedance appears to be the most important parameter for ensuring success - cheers, K1FQL

[@g0fvt]

@@arcanestudio no problem, from my own experience with them the common mode impedance suffers when they have too many turns. I do not know whether this is down to the capacitance. Certainly effective common mode chokes are a powerful weapon when RFI is an issue. 73