> That is only 226 Ohms at 1.8MHz and at 1500W will be dissipating about 30W
> in a 50 Ohm system but Phil didnt say how he is feeding his tower which is
> resonant well below 160M.
That choke is probably too small and will change SWR, but thankfully
reactance in reactances does not dissipate power. Reactance simply stores
and returns energy.
226 ohms of resistance would be about 330 watts of heat at 1500 watts into
50 ohms (about 273 volts RMS).
To find the heat, we would need to know inductor Q. If Q was 1, it would be
330 watts.
A pure reactance is zero heat. Odds are the inductor Q would be in the
hundreds, so dissipation would be negligible.
73 Tom
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