n9ik’s radio blog

Well, I finally got around to completing the BLT – Balanced Line Tuner.  It’s not just a balanced line tuner though; it now will tune a coax-fed antenna, and a random-wire antenna, as well as a balanced-line antenna.  It was pretty simple to put together, although I had trouble a couple of times, caused by my shakiness.  Following are some photos of the building process.

Tinning the PC Board

 

T1 core

 

T1 secondary winding (wind this first)

 

T1 completed

 

T1 mounted on PC Board

 

The completed PC Board

 

L1 wound on core.  L2 & L3 are wound on the same core

 

Completed PC Board and Toroid (L1 L2 & L3)

 

Front panel connectors

 

Rear panel connectors

 

Wiring the panels

 

Completed.  Front view.  Crappy paint job.

 

BLT completed.  Rear panel.  Crappy paint job.