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Re: [TowerTalk] Choke on feed point of dipole

To: Tom Hellem <tom.hellem@gmail.com>, towertalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Choke on feed point of dipole
From: "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:20:24 -0800
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On 1/12/2026 10:46 AM, Tom Hellem wrote:
TT'ers:

I made a choke to place at the feed point of a 20 meter vertical dipole.
9 turns of #14 thhn wound on a 2.4" mix 31 ferrite toroid.
After I installed the choke, the resonant frequency appears to have
moved approx. 1 mhz lower.

Tom
K0SN

Could you explain what you are doing in detail.  I don't understand why
you need an inductor (choke) to feed the dipole.  What I have always
done is to build a 33 foot radiator pole and feed it from the bottom.
A simple L-C matching network at the bottom works fine with no radials.

73
Rick N6RK

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