[Amps] Plate Choke question

Carl km1h at jeremy.mv.com
Sun Nov 10 16:16:40 EST 2013


A 1000pf is fine for those frequencies and nothing will get thru the 
Nichrome Nibbler and the last cap.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Flood" <kk7uv at bresnan.net>
To: <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Plate Choke question


> >I much prefer tossing the so called VHF choke and replacing with a
> wirewound glitch resistor. The WW has inductance and serves a dual 
>  >purpose
> wheras Ive seen a few amps where the "VHF" choke cause problems.
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> Thanks for the advice.  I'll wind a 50uH choke and use a 10-ohm 50-watt
> glitch, each end bypassed with .0047 caps (idea gleaned from an earlier
> topic), and perhaps an added 500pF bypass doorknob between glitch and 
> choke
> (unless those bypass values could be optimized for 10-20m also?).  I have
> some ceramic/steatite standoffs that could serve as a choke form.
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> Steve, KK7UV
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