Ah come - on dan... It's an inexpensive solution that is effective often times.
Not every instance requires the optimal solution! No I don't wrk for Times
Cable ;-)
73
Dave
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> On Nov 2, 2013, at 10:10 PM, Dan Hearn <n5ardxcc@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Tom: The use of a coil of coax as a choke is a poor solution to the problem
> of feed line radiation. It is affected by the feed line length and distance
> to ground. Not only that, it is not well suited to use over the 3 bands of
> your antenna. Modern technology using ferrite cores allows you to generate
> thousands of ohms of impedance over a wide frequency range. Design of these
> chokes is covered on K9YC's web site. They are simple and inexpensive to
> build or you can buy them from Balun Designs or Array Solutions for way
> under a hundred bucks complete in weather tite cases. . The cores are made
> by Fair Rite and can be bought from Mouser or other parts houses.
>
> 73, Dan, N5AR
>
>
>> On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 5:43 PM, W1JCW <w1jcw@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> No.
>>
>> Go with a 5 turn 6" diameter RF coke at the feed point per Mosley
>> instructions.
>>
>> I've had several Mosley antennas over the years and have never had an
>> issue with RF.
>>
>>
>> 73-
>> W1JCW
>> John
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Tom Nicholson" <Gunsrus1942@Comcast.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2013 3:45 PM
>> To: <TowerTalk@contesting.com>
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Dumb question on Mosley TA33
>>
>> Is there anything to be gained from feeding the TA33 with a 1:1
>>> balun??????
>>>
>>> Tom, W1ALZ
>>
>>
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