On 3/24/2010 1:14 PM, Gary Schafer wrote:
> Don't put a shorted strap around the choke. It will look like a shorted turn
> and cause excessive current in the choke which may burn a section of the
> choke out.
>
> Somewhere I read that you should not use a continuous band around either end
> to terminate the ends of the choke winding. Same thing happens.
I thought about this. But a choke isn't a high-Q device like a tank coil and
there isn't a
lot of RF current in it. The shorted turn will reduce the inductance and
increase the
losses (not a bad idea if it doesn't produce too much heat) and it does move
the resonances.
I will try this at low power, as Carl suggested, and see if it gets warm.
--
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
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