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Re: [TowerTalk] Current Choke for Ladder Line

To: Hans Hammarquist <hanslg@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Current Choke for Ladder Line
From: Bry Carling <bcarling@cfl.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 14:30:14 -0400
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>From what I have read lately you can just put 6 or 8 of those snap on ferrite 
>beads near the end of the coax.

That's what is inside most of those current chokes sold on the web for ten 
times the price.

Best regards - Brian Carling
AF4K Crystals Co.
117 Sterling Pine St.
Sanford, FL 32773

Tel: +USA 321-262-5471




> On May 12, 2015, at 2:01 PM, Hans Hammarquist via TowerTalk 
> <towertalk@contesting.com> wrote:
> 
> Gentlemen,
> 
> 
> I have seen many articles how to build and/or buy common mode chokes for coax 
> cables but I don't remember any articles how to build (or buy) and choke for 
> a 400 ohm ladder line.
> 
> 
> The common mode current on a ladder line is causing the same problem as a 
> common mode current on a coax. i have a choke between my tuner and radio 
> which reduced noise quite good but wonder now how much RF power I radiate and 
> signal I receive from the CM current in the feeder to my OCF dipole.
> 
> 
> Any ideas/comments?
> 
> Hans - N2JFS
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