<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>That is one thing that I found about the data type of people, they don't understand how balun is really pronounced. In fact, I find that a lot of those people don't even understand what the real purpose of the device actually is!</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Until I retired, I was an active BICSI RCDD (registered communications distribution designer) and worked with a lot of data system installers. Most of them were not aware that balun comes from balanced - unbalanced and how the word really needs to be
pronounced.</span></div><div></div><div> </div><div>Glen, K9STH<br><br></div><div>Website: http://k9sth.com<br> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Allen Jones <w9dz@yahoo.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "heath@puck.nether.net" <heath@puck.nether.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, February 27, 2013 7:48 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Heath] heath items for sale .<br> </font> </div> <br><div id="yiv1885581548"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="">
<div style=""><span style="">Back in the 90's I was working in IT for Fifth Third Bank. Our data terminals had BNC network connectors and the buildings were all wired with Cat5 cable so a balun was required. Everyone (except me) called them a BAY-LUN. </span></div>
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