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On 1/13/2015 8:27 PM, KD7JYK DM09 wrote:
 
: That is NOT a choke, it is an inductor, which can resonate with a cable
: whose length makes it capacitive. An effective choke must cause the
: common mode circuit to have a high common mode Z at the frequency(ies)
I guess there's no chance in Hell of it ever working then...
 
Why?
It is an inductor with substantial distributed capacitance forming a 
parallel   resonant circuit with a very high impedance at resonance.  A 
very effective method of stopping RF passage. On a single line they are 
often used with a series resonant circuit to ground to effectively short 
out the remaining RF. 
 
  Sorry OM,
you're screwed.  It's not a choke (despite the term being in use since the
late 1800's because it "choked off" stray currents) and all those chokes I
 
Old, misused  terms die hard
 
made to permanently cure my RFI are apparently just using up wire.  My
mistake.
 
No, they just work for a different reason.
 
Photos of RFI before, after, and the century plus design non-chokes I made
to cure it upon request.
 
Parallel resonant circuits are very effective. No one is arguing that point.
73
Roger (K8RI)
 
Kurt
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