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Re: [TowerTalk] homebrew 1:1 current balun

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] homebrew 1:1 current balun
From: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 15:11:19 -0800
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On 11/30/15 9:17 AM, Jamie Tolbert wrote:
What tpe beads do I need, 43 or 73? length? 4 ft, 100 beads seems awfully 
long.....

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I use 31 mix for this kind of choke application.

what is your operating frequency?

http://audiosystemsgroup.com/NCDXACoaxChokesPPT.pdf
see pages 22-25
73 is better in general, 43 is ok for low frequencies
31 isn't great for bead baluns..


Have you considered using a 2.4" toroid core(s) and running multiple turns of the coax through it. I can get about 10-12 turns of 1/4" diameter coax (RG58 type) through those cores. I think you can get 3-5 turns of 0.405" coax (RG213 type) through it.

There's a fairly decent cookbook for this kind of thing, with all the measurements on actual chokes, etc. in Chapter 7 of http://www.audiosystemsgroup.com/RFI-Ham.pdf

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