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Re: [RFI] Choke questions

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Subject: Re: [RFI] Choke questions
From: K9MA <k9ma@sdellington.us>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 14:47:43 -0600
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Back in my spacecraft hardware building career, it was well known that Teflon would "cold flow". Great care was taken where wires went around corners, etc., that there was no pressure on the insulation. Has anyone heard of such issues with chokes?

73,
Scott K9MA


On 1/21/2020 12:21, Jim Brown wrote:
On 1/21/2020 9:32 AM, EDWARDS, EDDIE J via RFI wrote:
Use coaxial cable when making RF chokes for antenna systems.

Parallel wires work fine for winding chokes. There's no need for shielding -- the field from the choke is confined to the core.

At least half of the chokes in my station are wound with a pair of Teflon insulated #12 stranded silver-coated copper wire. The rest are wound with RG400. The Cookbook includes data for #12 THHN as a lower cost alternative.

http://k9yc.com/2018Cookbook.pdf

73, Jim K9YC
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