[TenTec] Information about chokes needed

[Bob McGraw - K4TAX]

And another approach is a "spark gap" method.  These are sold by The 
Original Wireman.

http://www.thewireman.com/prodpix5.html

Or you can make your own with a couple of small engine spark plugs, a metal 
plate and miscellaneous hardware.  That's what I did and it does the job 
nicely.   I tried the carbon resistor approach as some have suggested and 
found that they fail rapidly with weather and RF.

As with all lightning protection systems, they should be located entirely 
outside of the structure.

73
Bob, K4TAX


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff" <n3jbh at yahoo.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 6:52 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Information about chokes needed


Hello Folks i realize this is not a TenTec question and i am sorry about 
that. Allthough i am a very proud Red dot owner. Any how here is my 
question. I am preparing as we speak a doublet antenna and my first using 
ladder line. I want to be able to drain stactic off the ladder line. I have 
read many places RF Chokes work for this.

Being a Home brewer kind guy when i can be a want to wind my own, But i can 
not find any good info on the project that tells the specific information as 
to how many winds how how big a form etc etc, I asked this questio once on 
another forum, got a bunch nonsesne. So i came here where the real Pro's 
are. all replies will be most welcomed.

Oh and i need this for max 1500 watt power levels. Many thanks Jeff




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