24 Feb
2012
24 Feb
'12
10:58 p.m.
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.
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David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
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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'.