[Amps] More parasitic choke questions

Bill, W6WRT dezrat1242 at yahoo.com
Thu Jul 29 12:41:12 PDT 2010


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On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:12:48 +0700, "Martin Sole"
<hs0zed at csloxinfo.com> wrote:

> It certainly suggests there might be
>more than a couple of watts in the R on 10m.

REPLY:

The amount of power dissipated in the suppressor resistor on ten
meters can be controlled by using more or less inductance in the coil.
Less inductance = less dissipation, but also less de-Qing of the VHF
parasitic tank circuit. It is a delicate balancing act to get it just
right. 

73, Bill W6WRT


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