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Re: [TowerTalk] 4 square for 80

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 4 square for 80
From: Jim Brown <[email protected]>
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Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2016 01:38:12 -0700
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Tim,

I agree that they must be choked, but NOT with inductance, because those short lines, by virtue of their length, are capacitive (in the common mode circuit). So the choke MUST be resistive, which means turns wound to make it parallel resonant at the operating frequency. Study my RFI-Ham tutorial.

73, Jim

On Sat,9/24/2016 6:42 PM, Tim Duffy wrote:
Hello Jim,

We are talking about feedlines that are 20 feet (feedlines) above the
ground. They have to be choked (both ends). The raised radial application
(which is not as good as the ground mounted solution with 64 plus radials).
The feedlines must not be radials - that is why they must be choked.

73,
Tim K3LR

-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim
Brown
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2016 3:36 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 4 square for 80

On Sat,9/24/2016 10:07 AM, David Robbins wrote:
I fail to
see why the shield of the feedlines is different from the radials it is
connect to at the base of the vertical.

The radials are not connected to anything at the far end. The feedline is.

I've seen several recommendations from people I view as "authorities"
say that the feedlines of vertical antennas should be choked. Sorry, I
don't recall who.

73, Jim K9YC

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