>>Jon,
>>For what it's worth...I agree totally with you. I have built many amps over
>>the years and had my share chokes melt down or blow up. The two chokes in
>>series works very well. I suggest as AG6K does, if your layout allows, to
>>mount the second rf choke at a right angle to the first one to further
>>decouple the combined internal capacitance.
>>73,
>>Terry (x W6TG, N6UR)
>>
>
>This is certainly the way to go, but make sure you get them in the right
>order
>and space them well apart and mutually at right angles to the tank coil.
Mine are both at right angles to the tank coil and they are about 6
inches apart. They are not at right angles to each other though. They
both run the same direction. One is mounted a little higher than the
other. So far no problems, but then again, my amp isn't fully up and
running either! :-)
73,
Jon
KE9NA
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Jon Ogden
KE9NA
http://www.qsl.net/ke9na
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