[RFI] Ferrite bead disintegration

[Randy Farmer]

>I took apart a home-made 100 bead receiving-only common mode choke
>yesterday.  As I peeled off the electrical tape I was surprised when
>each bead that came out of the wrapping disintegrated into dozens of
>fragments.  I think I saved about 5 beads out of a 100-bead choke.

As I recall from traffic on the Elecraft reflector, you recently took 
a lightning strike that damaged the IO board in your K3. Perhaps the 
same event blew up the ferrites. Stranger things have happened when 
lightning strikes.

73...
Randy, W8FN