[TenTec] Lowest loss matching an antenna for my Argonaut 509

Dr. Gerald N. Johnson geraldj at storm.weather.net
Wed May 7 11:30:30 EDT 2008


On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 11:15 -0400, Bill Ames wrote:
> Would the problem with the torrid be that the core might saturate and that
> is where the loss would come from?
> 
> Bill
> KB1LG
> 
Ferrite always has some loss. Its the trade off between high
permeability (and hence compact transformer or balun) and loss. Driven
to saturation, the loss (and harmonic distortion) increases very much.
For a given permeability, cores from different makers will have
different losses and thresholds of saturation.

73, Jerry, K0CQ



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