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Re: Topband: Toroidal common mode choke

To: "Bill Conwell (home)" <bill@conwellpdx.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Toroidal common mode choke
From: DAVID CUTHBERT <telegrapher9@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 12:25:28 -0700
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Bill, the G3TXQ website has the balun info you seek.

Dave WX7G
On Nov 17, 2012 10:58 AM, "Bill Conwell (home)" <bill@conwellpdx.com> wrote:

> I've got an FT-240-43 core on which I'd like to wind RG58 to make a choke
> for the feedpoint of my inverted-L.
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> I've seen articles that studied the optimum number of turns for air-core
> chokes, but don't recall seeing any for toroidal chokes.  Can anyone offer
> a
> pointer (or empirical data) that might guide me.  (20 turns?)
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> (I sometimes also use the antenna for 80m - disconnecting part of the
> horizontal leg.)
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> Tnx,
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> /Bill, K2PO
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