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Re: [TowerTalk] Resistor Across a Choke Balun

To: WW3S <ww3s@zoominternet.net>, "towertalk@contesting.com" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Resistor Across a Choke Balun
From: Jeff Blaine <KeepWalking188@ac0c.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 21:10:27 -0500
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Both ways work fine.

73/jeff/ac0c
alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
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On 6/30/22 8:16 PM, WW3S wrote:
so what is the best way to drain static off a vertical with either a resistor or choke?

------ Original Message ------
From: "Jeff Blaine" <KeepWalking188@ac0c.com>
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Sent: 6/30/2022 8:49:31 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Resistor Across a Choke Balun

After getting my hands on a floating 80m vertical one summer and then getting up off the ground, I decided then and there that the 50K 200W resistor in my junk box could do some good and maybe save me a future surprise.  Ran it that way for a few years until it came down in 85 mph winds once night.  Never got shocked again. I'm more careful now - don't need to learn that lesson more than once...

73/jeff/ac0c
alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
www.ac0c.com


On 6/30/22 7:45 PM, Jim W7RY wrote:
You are correct Ed.

73, Jim W7RY

On 6/30/2022 7:01 PM, Edward McCann via TowerTalk wrote:
I think the query had to do with static-relieving resistor or choke across his antennas terminals effective at DC, if I read it correctly.

Ed McCann
AG6CX

On Jun 30, 2022, at 3:34 PM, Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:

On 6/30/2022 2:57 PM, KD7JYK DM09 wrote:
I've looked on and off over the years for a tutorial, but not had any luck, can anyone suggest a route of study for me?
Yes. k9yc.com/RFI-Ham.pdf includes an extensive tutorial on how ferrite chokes work, as well as a lot of other fundamental EMC concepts.

k9yc.com/publish.htm includes two choke "Cookbooks," one for MF/HF, another VHF/UHF. The MF/HF cookbook is based on more than a year of winding and measuring more than a thousand chokes; the VHF/UHF cookbook is based on Fair-Rite data sheets for specific cores. This material has been in the ARRL Handbook for a while.

There's also an applications note on identifying RF noise by type and providing advice on how to locate and kill it. It includes winding guidelines for clamp-ons at the source of noise.

73, Jim K9YC

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