Balun One Nine: cutting R1

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Balun One Nine: cutting R1

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I'm finally getting around to building a SULA. I have my Balun One Nine in hand, but I'm not clear on what cutting the R1 jumper/resistor entails. Can someone please tell me how exactly to do it? Pardon my ignorance...

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Re: Balun One Nine: cutting R1

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It is done to obtain galvanic isolation between the antenna and radio.

See here: https://swling.com/blog/2019/10/the-noo ... lun-19-v2/


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Re: Balun One Nine: cutting R1

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Thank you, Egil. I guess I should clarify my question: How do I physically cut the resistor? Score across it with a knife?
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Re: Balun One Nine: cutting R1

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Just scrape it off whith a knife... Carefully!

Good luck!


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Re: Balun One Nine: cutting R1

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Thanks!
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rjzastaury wrote: Mon Sep 04, 2023 4:24 pm Thank you, Egil. I guess I should clarify my question: How do I physically cut the resistor? Score across it with a knife?
see here

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you just use a cutting blade to cut the circuit trace, then use a multimeter to check if the two sides are disconnected; to rejoin the connection, use a soldering iron and put a drop of tin to reconnect the sides
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Thanks, Andrew!
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Re: Balun One Nine: cutting R1

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notice that the V1 has the central tap, while the V2 doesn't so with the V2 there's nothing to cut
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It's the V2 that I have. How is it done for the V2?
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Re: Balun One Nine: cutting R1

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Do I scrape it here?
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