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Re: [Amps] which cathode choke?

To: "Steve Flood" <kk7uv@bresnan.net>, <amps@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [Amps] which cathode choke?
From: "Carl" <km1h@jeremy.mv.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:59:31 -0500
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It could be either since the RK was a copy of the B&W but in your case 
I'd believe the box <g>

Carl
KM1H



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Flood" <kk7uv@bresnan.net>
To: <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] which cathode choke?


> This is 29 turns each of 10 awg enameled wire bifilar over a 0.5" x 
> 7.5"
> rod.  It is in a well-worn box labeled "B&W FC-25A" but I have no idea 
> if it
> is the th actual B&W product.
>
> Steve KK7UV
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Carl" <km1h@jeremy.mv.com>
> To: "Roger" <sub1@rogerhalstead.com>
> Cc: <amps@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 7:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [Amps] [rfamplifiers] which cathode choke?
>
>
>> That sounds like the old Radiokit 30A choke kit. It worked well down 
>> to
>> 160M with a single 4-1000A
>>
>> Carl
>> KM1H
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Roger" <sub1@rogerhalstead.com>
>> Cc: <amps@contesting.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 12:15 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Amps] [rfamplifiers] which cathode choke?
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> jeremy-ge wrote:
>>>> Id lean to the B&W, it gives you almost 500 Ohms Xl at 160 which is
>>>> OK.
>>>> Bypass the filament transformer end with .05 to .1 uF discaps. Ive 
>>>> no
>>>> idea what the MFJ's intended use is.
>>>>
>>> "Back in the old day", I wound a number of them on ferrite rods.  I
>>> only
>>> remember the approximation of size but it seems as if the specs were
>>> in
>>> one of the handbooks.  The rod was between 1/2 and 5/8" in diameter
>>> and
>>> about 6" long.  The winding was close spaced, bifilar wound using 
>>> #10
>>> enameled wire. One would handle a pair of 3-500's or 8877. I had a
>>> bunch
>>> of them but they and a lot of other stuff went when I did the first
>>> thorough clean out of "stuff I'll probably never use".  I wish I had
>>> all
>>> that *stuff* back.
>>>
>>> At any rate, the chokes were easy to wind,  worked well, cost 
>>> little,
>>> and looked good.  I say they worked well. They was 80 through 10. I
>>> never tried one on 160 and I don't remember the impedance.
>>>> The homebrew will work also but you will have to keep an eye on the
>>>> voltage drop.
>>>>
>>> I used one of the above on a pair of 813's with the voltage 
>>> remaining
>>> well with in spec.  Too bad it was so long ago that I don't remember
>>> any
>>> specifics.
>>>
>>> 73
>>>
>>> Roger (K8RI)
>>>> Carl
>>>> KM1H
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Steve Flood" <kk7uv@bresnan.net>
>>>> To: <rfamplifiers@yahoogroups.com>; <amps@contesting.com>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 8:19 AM
>>>> Subject: [rfamplifiers] which cathode choke?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have three different bifilar wound ferrite rod chokes.
>>>>
>>>> A homebrew choke measuring 127uH
>>>> A B&W FC-25A measuring 44uH.
>>>> An Ameritron/MFJ #10-15115-1 measuring 19uH.
>>>> The measurements were taken on one winding with an Elenco LCR 
>>>> meter.
>>>>
>>>> Which one would best for grounded-grid 813's operating 160m thru 
>>>> 20m?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, Steve KK7UV
>>>>
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