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Review Summary For : Balun Designs 1171 1:1 Tuner Balun
Reviews: 7MSRP: Apprx $80 each
Description:
1:1 ATU Current Balun 1 - 54 MHz 5kW - #1171

Unique design for multiband dipoles and loops using open feedline.
Product is in production
More Info: http://www.balundesigns.com
# last 180 days Avg. Rating last 180 days Total reviews Avg. overall rating
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W5HEH Rating: 2022-08-18
Quality Built for Fair Price , Matched my Full Loop Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
OK,
Have Built and studied about Baluns for years, wanted to see what a commercial Built 1:1 Match/Tuner 5KW Balun was like . That site they have shares a lot of Detailed ,informative ,and useful info to use and learn from .
Found the #1171 Balun to Match my Full 160m many Bands for my TenTec 238B using 190 watts .
These well Designed Current Baluns were recommended to me by several Veteran Hams . Highly recommend this Service oriented and Taken with Pride made in the USA .
WB5HAK Rating: 2016-11-07
Best baluns, great service Time Owned: more than 12 months.
The Balun Designs model 1171 works fantastically for me at full legal limit on a flat top dipole fed with 300 ohm ladder line. Tunes anywhere I need with my ATR-30 tuner and does it with MUCH lower noise than without the balun. I don't know how he achieves this, but other friends trying the same balun report lower noise than before. I've ordered his 75 - 50 ohm balun today to replace the 20 year old KLM balun on my rotatable dipole. I have NO doubt it will fix my impedance problems there as well. Buy from balun designs with confidence. He knows baluns WELL.
73,
Don, WB5HAK
K2VI Rating: 2016-05-01
Best balun made Time Owned: more than 12 months.
Look at the reviews. I build antennas and this by far exceeds all baluns made. I utilized at least a dozen of these and can not smoke them if I tried. The only balun that can compete is a centaur and they are out of business. I highly recommend this balun. The 5KW balun is virtually bulletproof.
WI5O Rating: 2015-01-11
Balun Designs -1171T 1:1 Tuner Balun Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Mr. Rumsey knows baluns and produces exceptional quality. I bought this 1171T (Tuner) balun to use with a multiband flat top dipole being fed by 450 ohm ladder line. It works great! The product is well built American top quality. In addition to being an excellent balun, the owner, Mr. Rumsey is an absolutely delight to work with. He delivers top knotch customer service and then some. The turn around time is fast and delivery is fast. You really can't expect more from a business.
KB6HRT Rating: 2014-10-01
Works for me! Time Owned: more than 12 months.
Am a G5RV kinda guy for one reason, not much room for antennas Have used built and played with lots of them
the last one I built used used Nr 12 AWG wire and Nr14 450 ohm ladder line cut to where the lowest SWR was where I do most of my talking on 75m and a Balun Design 1171 1 to1 Tuner Balun where the 450 LL connects to the coax. For my application this setup has worked best yet, I use Balun Design balun for 2 reasons first they work Big Signal and Low Noise, second the owner Bob the guy has helped me many times, Bob knows his balun's..
Thank's Bob, a HAMs Ham.............kb6hrt
KY4TS Rating: 2014-05-20
Great craftmanship Time Owned: more than 12 months.
Very well built and durable. Much better than I could have done! No saturation problems and my tuner loves it.
G6EGM Rating: 2012-11-16
Excellent Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
This is a great addition to my T Match Tuner and has made a significant difference to the stability of my Antenna and improved the way it radiates. I couldn't be more pleased. It also adds really good noise suppression enabling weak signals to be heard much more clearly.

This is a very well made product and the designer is very good to deal with giving excellent customer service.

I feel that I have made a very worthwhile investment with this balun and recommend this product very highly.