Yep, used the dremel tool. Thanks Ape. All my questions stemmed around accidental twisting of the wires that Jim and I both experienced and his suggestion to test continuity before winding. Anyway, this video makes it very clear. Thanks
I see you have the Binford 800 dremel tool. Good choice. I prefer the Binford 8000 it has a little more torque when you need it. I also heard that the black tie raps resonate better than the white ones. A ham in FL told me that. . great instructional video Ape! keep them coming. 73
@@TheSmokinApe You are more then welcome Ape, I have learned so much from you channel, I felt you deserved this. Please keep them coming. I also like the reference to reading material. Much appreciated. Thank you again.
@Ape I just ordered this and am curious if I can put it inside plastic box with stainless connectors to weatherproof transformer for permanent outdoor use?
nice ! I wind a bunch of toroid's .Ape has a bunch of video's on that. Great reference when I am winding one. The trouble I have is I done some many different ones ,some times I have to look up wrap on the one I need at the time. Chuck has nice video on how to wrap this 4:1 . Jeem has video as well but he crossed the inner and outer. some people ask why square the number. it's simple. in a transformer in turns ratio . as we step up the voltage goes up and the current goes down but the same amount. that difference is squared . in this case we talking impendence ohms . radio is 50 ohm. what this does is bring down antenna impedance to the point that a 3:1 tuner in radio can tune to get a match. I hope to hear and make contact with that antenna some day . 73's
The easy way to avoid the "crossed wires" problem is to strip the enamel from both ends of *one* wire, that way you have two windings that are marked separately. The centre tap will be one stripped, one unstripped (one from each wire).
Great tutorial. The schematic sends it home. Do you have one for the Apollo? I've been watching Michael KB9VBR and 2.0 building them and they both wind them differently. Thanks. ( I'm watching the Artemis Toe-Roid (Prototype) - 49 :1 Unun / Balun vid. Same winding as the Apollo.)
Another great tutorial. Thank you for doing these for everyone. Just an observation though... it looked like your 8th wind was criss-crossed where it goes through the toroid.
@@TheSmokinApe Made you look. :) Actually I just checked again, and I think it was just one of the wires on the 8th winding not being pulled as close to the inside of the toroid as the other one after you zip tied them, making it look like it was overlapping the other one. I should have double-checked before commenting. Sorry man.
No I didn't buy your kit, I bought some kit off of Amazon and the instructions were in really bad English with some bad pictures. So I was just going to follow your video and go with the way you do it. Thanks again, your video was excellent and very detailed.
@@TheSmokinApe Yea, thank you for all the knowledge, I'm just gonna start following your builds and purchasing the parts you suggest, to build this stuff properly. Before watching your video I was really confused, you broke it all down and explained it really well. Thanks again.
Hey brotha, quick question, Im going to put this 4:1 unun together for a 17-5 antenna I'm gonna build, but I've built 2 other antennas already, a inverted V and a verticle dipole. Both have good SWR sweeps with my nano VNA 1.3-1.6:1. Should I still be using a balun with those? I'm running a yaesu FT-991A with the built in tuner. Thanks.
Yep, used the dremel tool. Thanks Ape. All my questions stemmed around accidental twisting of the wires that Jim and I both experienced and his suggestion to test continuity before winding. Anyway, this video makes it very clear. Thanks
Jeem gonna Jeem…
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Awesome explanation on everything Ape!
Thanks Chuck
Great explanation of the turns ratio!
Thanks SF 👍
I see you have the Binford 800 dremel tool. Good choice. I prefer the Binford 8000 it has a little more torque when you need it. I also heard that the black tie raps resonate better than the white ones. A ham in FL told me that. . great instructional video Ape! keep them coming. 73
Hey Jeff. They had these dremels on sale at the Costco 🤨
Nice, clear explanation Ape!
Hey BA, thanks for checking it out 👍
Thanks for the tutorial. I’ve gotta get mine built soon.
Chip chop son, you wasting daylight!
great, thanks a lot!
You are welcome!
👍Thank you sir.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you so very much for showing that winding Ape, I want to buy one but, I have never done a winding before. Thank you.
Thanks for watching Janice, this one is a pretty easy build 👍
Thanks!
Thank you 👍
@@TheSmokinApe You are more then welcome Ape, I have learned so much from you channel, I felt you deserved this. Please keep them coming. I also like the reference to reading material. Much appreciated. Thank you again.
@@janiceemery2008 👍
@Ape
I just ordered this and am curious if I can put it inside plastic box with stainless connectors to weatherproof transformer for permanent outdoor use?
You could
nice ! I wind a bunch of toroid's .Ape has a bunch of video's on that. Great reference when I am winding one. The trouble I have is I done some many different ones ,some times I have to look up wrap on the one I need at the time. Chuck has nice video on how to wrap this 4:1 . Jeem has video as well but he crossed the inner and outer. some people ask why square the number. it's simple. in a transformer in turns ratio . as we step up the voltage goes up and the current goes down but the same amount. that difference is squared . in this case we talking impendence ohms . radio is 50 ohm. what this does is bring down antenna impedance to the point that a 3:1 tuner in radio can tune to get a match. I hope to hear and make contact with that antenna some day . 73's
Hey Robert. I still need to look at the schematic for the 9:1. Sometime I forget what I am winding 😳
The easy way to avoid the "crossed wires" problem is to strip the enamel from both ends of *one* wire, that way you have two windings that are marked separately. The centre tap will be one stripped, one unstripped (one from each wire).
Not a bad idea 👍
Great tutorial. The schematic sends it home. Do you have one for the Apollo? I've been watching Michael KB9VBR and 2.0 building them and they both wind them differently. Thanks. (
I'm watching the Artemis Toe-Roid (Prototype) - 49 :1 Unun / Balun vid. Same winding as the Apollo.)
Yeah, that’s the closest I have for the Apollo, I can add one to the list.
Another great tutorial. Thank you for doing these for everyone.
Just an observation though... it looked like your 8th wind was criss-crossed where it goes through the toroid.
I just checked, you made me nervous, it doesn’t. Must have been an optical conclusion 👍
@@TheSmokinApe Made you look. :)
Actually I just checked again, and I think it was just one of the wires on the 8th winding not being pulled as close to the inside of the toroid as the other one after you zip tied them, making it look like it was overlapping the other one. I should have double-checked before commenting. Sorry man.
No worries bro 👍
Eight turns worked thge best for you. What was better with eight over six or ten?
Eight was more efficient, six had a lower transform.
Where do we get those nifty frames?
You can get them as part of a kit from www.coffeeandhamradios.com
Thanks for your video, I bought a kit and the instructions were horrible
I wrote the instructions, what was the problem with them?
No I didn't buy your kit, I bought some kit off of Amazon and the instructions were in really bad English with some bad pictures. So I was just going to follow your video and go with the way you do it. Thanks again, your video was excellent and very detailed.
@@garygogo9048 ah, awesome! Had me worried
@@TheSmokinApe Yea, thank you for all the knowledge, I'm just gonna start following your builds and purchasing the parts you suggest, to build this stuff properly. Before watching your video I was really confused, you broke it all down and explained it really well. Thanks again.
Hey brotha, quick question, Im going to put this 4:1 unun together for a 17-5 antenna I'm gonna build, but I've built 2 other antennas already, a inverted V and a verticle dipole. Both have good SWR sweeps with my nano VNA 1.3-1.6:1. Should I still be using a balun with those? I'm running a yaesu FT-991A with the built in tuner. Thanks.
Na... can't do it. I don't have the dexterity of ape man hands.🦧
Lol
Thanks!
Thank you 🙏