Topband: Choke Construction Info Needed

[DAVID CUTHBERT]

My mistake.

Now then, for lighting we don't really want much inductance between the
antenna and ground.

For a 100 kA strike rising in 2 us 1 MV is developed across 20 uH.

Instead we want a sturdy spark gap of 1/32 inch connected directly from the
feedpoint to the ground system.

WX7G
On Jul 26, 2012 4:23 PM, "Tom W8JI" <w8ji at w8ji.com> wrote:

> 30 watts is correct for 1500 watts in a 50 ohm system and a coil Q of 226.
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>> The power loss is 0.1 dB and the coil temp rise is around 20 deg C.
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> No, it isn't.
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> 1500 watts is 273 volts into 50 ohms.
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> If Q is 226, and reactance 226 ohms, Rp is 51,077 ohms. 273 volts is 1.46
> watts heat.
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> To get 30 watts of heat with 226 ohms reactance, Q would have down near
> unity. No one makes a coil that bad.
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