> For a common mode suppressor, you simply want enough
> inductive reactance to
> impede current flow. The type of core does not matter --
> air, low mu or hi
> mu materials -- as long as the result is at least a few
> hundred ohms
> reactance. 10 turns through 43 material is roughly 1000
> ohms at 160M, which
> should work well.
....unless the common mode impedance is capacitive, which it
can be. In that case the choke will increase common mode
problems. Also the impedance depends on the core hole length
where the wire passes through more than any other dimension.
It's a nearly linear progression with core depth, so a 1"
deep hole has twice the impedance of a 1/2" deep hole for a
given core material.
Suppression devices should normally be mostly resistive
unless the impedance is controlled. Adding a resistance will
always improve things. Adding an inductance might make
things worse.
73 Tom
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