Topband: Foam Coax for ferrite cores

Phil Clements philc at texascellnet.com
Thu Nov 12 22:59:25 PST 2009


> Would a length of RG-8X sufficient for looping through the ferrite 
> cores easily handle full legal power on 1.8Mhz?

Never use foam coax when winding chokes/baluns. The center conductor will
migrate through the foam over time. Teflon dielectric is best.

(((73)))
Phil, K5PC
 




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