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Re: [TowerTalk] Choke on feed point of dipole

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Choke on feed point of dipole
From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:37:43 -0800
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On 1/12/2026 10:46 AM, Tom Hellem wrote:
Any ideas?

This is a method I played with about ten years ago. It worked fine for 100W. I've never tried with with higher power. I expect that multiple chokes in series would be needed. That's easy to figure out -- the issue would be heating of the choke(s) -- transmit for a while, then go out and feel it. As long as you can leave fingers on the core, I wouldn't worry about it.

http://k9yc.com/VerticalDipole.pdf

73, Jim K9YC



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