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KE7CRN
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Rating: 2/5
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Apr 5, 2008 20:43
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Great Design, BUT
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Time owned: 6 to 12 months
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I purchased a DX Engineering BAL050-H11C may of 2006. Cast aluminum case with gasket. The Gasket Leaked and the Balun filled with water. I would say good design, but poor quality control in manufacturing. I will be asking for a warranty replacement.
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K5SL
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Rating: 5/5
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Mar 27, 2008 09:22
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6:1 -Great Design-Read
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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I replaced a homemade 4:1 on my 80m loop with the 6:1. Running a kw I was able to overheat the B-----m. I will tell you this balun is not the donut cores you normally see. After taking the cover off you will see. Very neat work, and well constructed. Guys at work have built their own 6:1 and we always check the balance on each leg. I have the numbers, but let me say the balance is the best we have seen,and it goes up near 40mhz. I haven't been able to get it warm yet. A little more money-maybe, but I am running two 1:1 on my yagi's, and ALL are doing great. The little extra money is worth it. Nice to talk to hams when you call-they back their product also. Buy it and forget it.
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KG4JJS
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Rating: 5/5
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Feb 13, 2008 05:51
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Fantastic Service
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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First off I had a rather unique setup here using an off resonance loop and called tech support for advice on which balun to purchase.The advice was sound and precise.
The DXE-BAL050-H10-AT which I ordered arrived in fine shape and works very well . I have a way off resonance loop 240 feet of wire only 15 feet off the ground.Tunes up fine using the ldg z100 tuner on all bands and even tunes the 80 meter band except for 3580 which Im sure a little more wire would fix. I have made dx contacts on all bands except 80 10 and 12 meters using phone and only 100 watts the contacts on 80 meters phone have been 59 at around 600 miles at night very acceptable. I would advise anyone to use this company their service and attention to detail is above all others and their baluns are top notch and built to last
Thanks DX Engineering
Oh by the way if you have not tried a loop antenna just do it they work extremely well forget diapoles end fedz g5rvs ect put up a loop you wont be disappointed!
73
Tim
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W2EH
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Rating: 3/5
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Dec 17, 2007 07:23
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Be careful using with OFD
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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A very well built balun, good performance except when used with offset fed dipoles and QRO. I used the DXE-BAL 200 - H10 _ AT 4:1 balun to feed a 137ft dipole fed at the 20% point from one end. Performance was excellent on 80, 40, and 30 meter bands, except that on 80 meters where the VSWR was 1.2:1 the balun would not handle 1475W of CW. For a balun rated at 5KW average and 10KW peak I found that to be annoying. On 40 meters the balun would handle 1475W with no time limit but on 80 meters after about 2 minutes of operation it would go into thermal runaway with VSWR climbing to 5:1.
If you run 400W cw or less, I am sure you will never have a complaint with this balun. If it was feeding a symetrically fed dipole it probably would take 1475W cw. The lower frequencies usually give a balun quite a workout.
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QUANMER
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Rating: 5/5
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Sep 27, 2007 05:56
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I got what I paied for
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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I purchased the UNADILLA W2AU for Cobra Ultralite wire antenna. The result was not up to expectation at all. It picks up tons of noise and hard to hear the weak signal.
After doing some homework, I go for DX Eng.'s baluns, ( BAL-200-H10AT ), it's like nite & day difference to me! This balun perform like a champ. 60% of noise are reduced, I would buy another one if I would set up another station.
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N6NKN
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Rating: 5/5
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Jul 24, 2007 13:31
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They Do Baluns Right.
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I too bought the BAL050-H10-AT. I have other baluns, but this is a BALUN!!! This balun is designed to match the DX Engineering balanced line dipoles, and I have mine for their 160 meter version. So far, everything I have purchased from DX Engineering has been bullet proof, but this baby is "really" built to last.
If I need other baluns in the future, I have no doubt they will be DX Engineering baluns.
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M0GBK
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Rating: 5/5
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May 27, 2007 01:24
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Fantastic service
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I placed an order for the DXE-BAL050-H10-AT, Dipole centre piece and 65 feet of 300ohm window line from DX engineering. The entire transaction was very smooth and the staff were very helpful in ensuring I made the correct choice of Balun. I could not beleive it when the parcel arrived from the states in 3 days, that even beats delivery time from most dealers in the UK. All the items were outstanding quality and far better than anything available in the UK. The balun is built like a tank and superb quality. Installed this weekend with a homebrew 88 foot doublet at 30 feet. My palstar tuner tunes all bands with a 1:1 VSWR, no RF in the shack. Overall fantastic product, fantastic service and highly recommended. I will certainly be ordering products from DX Engineering again
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KG6UTS
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Rating: 5/5
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May 14, 2007 11:11
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Excellent product
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I wanted a balun to match my Millen tuner, unballanced only, to a ladderline fed 80M dipole. The balun also had to handle an AM signal from a BC-610I or Navy SRT-14/15. Folks at DX suggested the DXE-BAL050-H11-CT for use with the tuner and power/duty cycle. I bought the weather sealed model because we are close to the Pacific Ocean. Good choice, a well made product and great help from the DX staff.
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WA4ONV
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Rating: 5/5
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Apr 28, 2007 13:48
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DXE-BAL050-H10-A , It's built like an Abrams Tank !
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Just got the DXE-BAL050-H10-A high power balun from the guys at DX engineering a few weeks ago. Wow, this thing is built like a brick sh*t house...!!! I'm running an Al-1500 amp which already has blown like 3 baluns and this thing doesn't even get warm at full legal power than some....hi hi. I highly recommend this balun or any of their high quality products. 73....Joe WA4ONV, A1 Op
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WB4TJH
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Rating: 5/5
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Jan 24, 2007 14:02
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Built like a battleship
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I am using a DXE BAL050-H10-AT balun on a 135 foot dipole fed with 300 ohm windowline. The balun is mounted on a short 4 foot pole driven into the ground and a groundwire from the balun to an 8 foot groundrod next to it. A six foot piece of coax goes thru the wall of the house to my tuner, which is connected by another short piece of coax to the radio. I decided to get the DXE balun after shorting out one of the little MFJ 4:1 baluns with 220 watts from a Swan 350C. The DXE balun is a 1:1 current type, as recommended by DXE for my application. I can tune all bands for flat SWR from 80 thru 10 meters with no problems. Signal reports are great. The DXE balun is rated for 5KW continuous, so I doubt if my 200+ watts will ever even get it warm. They also offer a balun rated at 10 KW continuous. This balun is built like a battleship. Get one, and you will never look back. This is the best all band antenna system I have used, and the balanced feedline, balun/tuner antenna system type has served me well for over 30 years. If you need a serious balun, get a DXE. They will take anything you can put thru them.
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