24 Feb
2012
24 Feb
'12
11:12 p.m.
Used the term balun often during Token Ring installs too.
Balun always referred to the cable changer to go from 75 ohm to 300 ohm
for TV connections too....
David Griffith wrote:
On Fri, 24 Feb 2012, Tony Duell wrote:
In the US, the term "balun" is not used by the general public. It's
used mostly by people into radio professionals or hams.
The Atari
2600 has a built-in RF modulator and IIRC a permanently
attached
RF cord with an RCA plug on the end which was intended to be plugged
into a
"TV/GAME" switchbox.
IIRC tjhat switchbox contains what we (in the UK) call a 'Balun'. I am
not sure if that term has crossed the Pond, it's an abreviation of
'Balanced <-> Unbalanced'.