[TenTec] Built in SWR meter bannans

[shristov]

Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP <Rick at DJ0IP.de> wrote:

> With openwire you can build a CMC choke just as easily as with coax.
> Only thing is, you have to build two of them so it costs twice as much.
 
> In fact you make your own coax CMC choke by placing beads over the coax and
> coating with heat-shrink tubing... you can just tape two of these together
> and use their center conductors for the connections.


In theory, yes, provided that the choke impedance is much higher than antenna impedance.

In practice, this means choke impedance >=10 kOhm, which can be achieved
only with special attention, and then only within a narrow frequency band.

"Beads over coax" choke can hardly reach more than ~500 Ohms.


73,

Sinisa  YT1NT, VE3EA