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I have been having trouble getting a signal from an old outside 4 bay tv antenna so i took it down to take a look at it. I took off the balun and ran a continuity test on it and im not getting a beep from threaded grounded coax end to either ribbon lead wire (with u shaped connections) on other end. Nor am i getting continuity from positive end to either ribbon lead wire. So im not getting continuity from input to output on the balun,with a typical multimeter. Is the balun defective?

However i am getting continuity when i test from lead wire to lead wire...both ends that connect to the antenna. The balun/transformer doesnt have anything printed on it except the word "archer".

So would this be normal for this type of balun? Or is it defective? Just not sure if its just old or if this is typical for this type of balun.

thank you

I have been having trouble getting a signal from an old outside 4 bay tv antenna so i took it down to take a look at it. I took off the balun and ran a continuity test on it and im not getting a beep from threaded grounded coax end to either ribbon lead wire (with u shaped connections) on other end. Nor am i getting continuity from positive end to either ribbon lead wire. So im not getting continuity from input to output on the balun,with a typical multimeter. Is the balun defective?

However i am getting continuity when i test from lead wire to lead wire...both ends that connect to the antenna. The balun/transformer doesnt have anything printed on it except the word "archer".

So would this be normal for this type of balun? Or is it defective? Just not sure if its just old or if this is typical for this type of balun.

thank you

I have been having trouble getting a signal from an old 4 bay antenna so i took it down to take a look at it. I took off the balun and ran a continuity test on it and im not getting a beep from threaded grounded coax end to either ribbon lead wire (with u shaped connections) on other end. Nor am i getting continuity from positive end to either ribbon lead wire.

However i am getting continuity when i test from lead wire to lead wire...both ends that connect to the antenna. The balun/transformer doesnt have anything printed on it except the word "archer".

So would this be normal for this type of balun?

thank you

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Thanks for any advice

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Thanks for your help.

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