Zip tie the choke to a clear piece of lexan, and then bolt/Ubolt the lexan to
the boom.
Chris
KF7P
> On Dec 29, 2022, at 12:01 PM, Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
>
> On 12/29/2022 6:55 AM, tony.kaz--- via TowerTalk wrote:
>> My question, how are folks mounting toroid style baluns on the C3? Hanging
>> it below the feedpoint?
>
> That's a very good method, provided that sufficient strain relief and
> structural support is provided. In general, my advice has always been to use
> whatever "balun" the mfr provides and add my choke on the coax side of it.
>
> K0SN said:
> > and place it in a plastic NEMA box.
>
> This can be problematic if the enclosure is not ventilated -- a choke that is
> doing anything useful will generate some heat, which must be dissipated. See
> NA6O's solution, in the Cookbook. FWIW, in the nearly 15 years since
> publishing the first version of the cookbook, I've never received a report of
> cores cracking from freeze/thaw cycling.
>
> It's also critical that the choke not be de-tuned by taping the coax on both
> sides to the boom.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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