On 6/19/2017 10:11 AM, Chris wrote:
Chris:
Clarify: When your talking about turn in a snap 0n your referring to the large
snap, 1.75 X 2.25 with a .75 opening, not the 1.255 X .75 with a .312 (5/16_
opening..?
A turn = winding the wire/cable through and around the core, has nothing to do
with size.
/*No what I meant, if your going to add ferrite say on a microphone
line: then using a single pass-thru will not work at
HF frequencys, you must have ferrite large enough to wrap 3-5 turns
before it will work..???*/
So inquiring minds wonder when you buy a printer/TV set, etc and there is a
molded Ferrite block on the AC line. what are they trying to block..??
Ask the manufacturer. I have no idea what mix they are using or what their
target choking frequency is. But I doubt they are thinking of hams and trying
to block HF!
/*Tryed that ..but don't speak the language...*/
So when the Ham says .."Hey I got rid of my RFI on my TX signal by clipping on
three blocks of ferrite...
Too vague....
/*Say he put it on the line between the mike and radio...or on his rotor
wire...*/
And what about the Ham at the show that was selling ferrite snap ons (small)
with a blue and red labels with bold arrows printed on the black label? What
coulkd the arrow mean??
No idea what or who you are referring to, can't comment. If there is no
manufacturer listed with the mix, it is impossible to tell what you've got.
/*Right it was strange, but he had documentation that it was Mix 31
...had single pass through with 1/4 - 5/16 pass ....Some had a red
label, some had a blue label, but all had a very bold black arrow ..
*//*Why would you ever orientate a block of ferrite?
Thanks Again..*/
-Bill .. KC4PE
On 6/18/2017 11:11 PM, EZ Rhino wrote:
I think what he (the author) means is this:
A snap-on, without multiple turns through around it, isn't effective at HF
frequencies. We're talking about mix 31 or 43 here. If you wind multiple
turns around the snap-on (assuming you pick a size large enough to do so for
the cable you're trying to choke) then the choking frequency goes down (to HF
range) and the impedance goes up, which is what you want. So it's not the
snap-on that is the problem, it is how you are using it. If there was such a
thing as mix 73 snap-on that was large enough, then that would work as a string
of beads choke (because it is effective at HF). But it would take a lot of
them, say 50, to get the proper amount of choking impedance. A single snap-on
just don't have enough umph.
Hopefully I worded this technically correct.
Chris
KF7P
On Jun 18, 2017, at 20:44 , <john@kk9a.com> wrote:
I was reading the recent QST article RF Mayhem by WB8IMY. The author said to
avoid using snap-on ferrites for problems caused by HF signals as they
rarely work well at HF. It is best to stick with circular cores.
Is this correct? I was not aware that snap-ons were less effective.
John KK9A
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