Jim Brown wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:55:56 -0700, jimlux wrote:
>
>> Jim,
>
>> Speaking of widebands.. what about recommendations for chokes to use
>> with an autotuner at the feedpoint/base. That *is* a broadband
>> application.
>
> That's an application where I think the bifilar THHN chokes would
> really shine, both because of their wide bandwidth, and because the
> tuner takes care of any mismatch that the THHN introduces.
A choke on the antenna side of the tuner? I hadn't thought about that.
For the SGC type tuners the wire to the antenna is separated from the
wire to the "ground" (you really don't want parallel C on the output of
the tuner)
>
>> And, probably, choke it at both ends.
>
> That may depend on the installation. There's no downside to a second
> choke at the other end.
>
Money?
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