[Amps] KK5DR's ferrite loaded plate chokes.

[Dr. David Kirkby]

Jim Thomson wrote:
> I Checked a bunch of really old  e-mail, and notes.   The folk's  who duplicated the KK5DR plate choke, using  1/2"  type 43 rod, stuffed into the inside of a  hollowed out 1" OD  Teflon rod
> had nothing but grief.   All the  rods overheated !   In some cases, the rod actually launched itself  out the top ! 

It's amusing how much time the guy has devoted to writing about things he knows 
little about. It would be a bit like me writing about brain surgery, concrete, 
glues, flower arranging, or anything else I know next to nothing about.

Reading his background notes, it sounds like he knows a lot about welding. His 
time would be better spent writing web pages about that.

I have an electronics background and try to not be overly critical of people 
that do not. But when they go writing web pages, as if they are an authority on 
the subject, it does get a bit annoying.

It is like the Wikipedia article on the Yagi-Uda antenna. Clearly written by 
people that know next to nothing about them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yagi_antenna



Dave