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Re: [TowerTalk] EFHW

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] EFHW
From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2017 12:51:21 -0700
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On 7/15/2017 9:20 AM, Tom Osborne wrote:
I built 3 UNUN's for some EFHW antennas I plan to use.  On 2 of them, I
used 1 FT-240 mix 43 core (will be running these as portable antennas on
LP) and one one of them I used 2 of the same cores.

#31 and #43 are poor choices for transformers that must handle power because they are lossy -- that's why they work for common mode chokes. #61 is a far better choice for a TX transformer -- much lower loss at HF, which is why it's also lousy for chokes. #31 and #43 ARE just fine for RX antenna transformers below 20M.

73, Jim K9YC

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