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Re: [TowerTalk] current balun question

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] current balun question
From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 11:55:55 -0700
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Hi Svend,

Yes. Use a lot of #43 clamp-on cores. Buy the longest ones that fit the cable. Study the data sheet and aim for at least 1K ohms. More is better. :)

On Tue,3/14/2017 11:08 AM, Svend Spanget wrote:
Hi Jim.
Do you have a recommendation for an effektive choke for 144 MHz?

VY 73 de Svend, OZ7UV

Den 14. mar. 2017 18.19 skrev "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com <mailto:jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>>:

    On Tue,3/14/2017 12:41 AM, Máximo EA1DDO_HK1H wrote:

        Same question in a different way is; Is the current choke
        forcing to balance differential currents?


    Hello Maximo,

    An effective common mode choke forces current to near zero at the
    point where it is placed. IF it placed at the feedpoint, it will
    force current in the sides of the antenna to be equal AT THE
    FEEDPOINT. In effect, it disconnects the feedline from the antenna
    as an element of the antenna.

    If the same choke is placed near the shack, the feedline IS part
    of the antenna, with it's electrical length equal to its physical
    length, with the choke forcing the common mode current to near
    zero at the point where it is placed in the feedline.

    By "effective," I mean a choke that has a very high common mode
    resistive impedance at the operating frequency.

    73, Jim K9YC


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