ok thanks. got your advise. On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 9:34 PM, Sandeep Lohia <sandeeplohia12@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > On 04/03/2014, Sandeep Lohia <sandeeplohia12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Sarmaji try replacing those RFC with something better in terms 'Q' > > Sorry, but ferrite slug inside RFC will warm-up more when in TX ( will > not burn hands though ) but will raise the inductance... > I had bad experience with 2.2uh RFC used in scratch build BITX (in > it's early stage of building) > had to retune for best DIP from TX to RX... ( that might not be an > issue here but > > & when changed with airwound, there was dramatic change in signal, > well that was an old story, but might be useful. > > I too home brewed VK3BHR LC + varacter . > I too use bolted stand offs (polymer), but on both sides. > > ------------------------------------------------ > > And if TV Guanella Baluns cores or torroids are unavailable. > One can recycle IEEE802.3 LAN PT-module from junk. They work well > from 1 to 30 Mhz and above. > They also comes prewinded with 2 and 3 insulated wire, > > They are everywhere starting from Computer LAN card, PBX, IP phones. > As to isolate Local area network. from garbage or from E-Dump > > -- > Please encourage recycling, reuse or repairing of E-waste. > ░7░3░ ░d░e░ ░V░U░3░S░X░T░ > -- Regards Sarma