[RFI] R: [TowerTalk] Using Split Beads

[Maurizio Panicara]

-----Messaggio Originale-----
Da: Herb Rosenberg <herbr@netcom.com>
A: <towertalk@contesting.com>; <rfi@contesting.com>
Data invio: sabato 13 novembre 1999 5.57
Oggetto: [TowerTalk] Using Split Beads


>
>
> I ordered some material 43 split beads to place on rg8 coax.  It appeared
> to me that the coax had an outside diameter of 3/8 of an inch, so that
> was the size of split bead I ordered.  Now that I have the beads, the
> inside "hole" of the split beams is a bit small for the outside diameter
of
> the coax.
>
> So, my question is, is it essential that both halves of the split bead
> actually touch each other

Yes, if a gap exist, the flux is dramatically reduced and the inductance
minimized to a useless value.

73,
Mauri I4JMY



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