Help! Smoked 4:1 balun

[Nashua Area Radio Society]

Firstly, I hope everyone had a great Christmas and is ready to enjoy New Years Eve.  I have been slowly building up the shack (and thank you so much to W1MZ).  I got the old Alpha 374 amplifier humming and running great, however I was running it at 300W (the Versa-tuner II limit) and smoked the 4:1 balun inside the tuner.

 

My antenna is a Cobra Ultralite Jr (made right here in Northwood, NH) fed with ladder line.  I love the antenna and it performs great.  It’s NYE and I’m not sure where to get a torroid locally, so any help would be appreciated.

 

Thank you,

 

Paul

[Nashua Area Radio Society]

Would you be interested in buying my old Versa Tuner II??

 

-Spencer

W2SW

[Nashua Area Radio Society]

Thanks, but this tuner was a $50 eBay purchase. I would rather replace the balun than junk the tuner. Just want to make sure I buy the right supplies.

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