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Re: [TowerTalk] [Bulk] Cutting a FT-240 type 33...in half

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] [Bulk] Cutting a FT-240 type 33...in half
From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 13:47:04 -0800
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On Tue,2/10/2015 1:18 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
There is dissipation in a ferrite core choke in the resistance coupled from the ferrite core. It is the coax shield that gets hot, not the ferrite (although the heat in the coax may be transferred to the ferrite material).

I should have added that the above dissipation is the result of common mode current, NOT differential mode current. The power can be computed as I squared R or E squared divided by R, where R is the real part of the choking impedance (Rp in the parallel equivalent circuit), I is the common mode current, and E is the common voltage across the choke.

This is in addition to the usual dissipation inside the coax associated with the differential transmitter power. The coax must be rated to handle both.

73, Jim K9YC
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