ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
On Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:21:06 -0500, "Roy" <royanjoy@ncn.net> wrote:
>
>The output connectors of my amps face the input of an outboard PIN-diode QSK
>unit which can't stand much stray voltage. So I built a final solution RF
>choke: 14 turns of 14 gauge enameled wound on a 2.4-inch ferrite toroid
>core. That is in a bud box with a male barrel connector mating it to the
>SO-234 input connector of the QSK switch (the choke box has an additional
>SO-234 for the cable coming from the amp -- with a through connection
>inside). SWR readings are totally unaffected...the choke is transparent 160
>through 10 meters.
REPLY:
Sounds good to me except I would hard wire it inside the amp so that years from
now, someone who doesn't know what it's there for might discard it because "it
doesn't do anything". :-)
73, Bill W6WRT
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