Topband: Ground connection for series-connected RG-400/#31 common-mode chokes

Jim Brown jim at audiosystemsgroup.com
Mon Apr 12 15:57:34 EDT 2021


On 4/12/2021 12:32 PM, N4ZR wrote:
> My question is, where in this lash-up do I connect the shield of the 
> RG-400 to the ground radial system - at the SO-239 where the feedline 
> comes into the box (before the chokes) , or at the end of the second 
> choke that connects to the inverted L, or ?

On the antenna side of the chokes. Think of it this way, Pete -- the 
radials are part of the antenna, the chokes isolate the feedline from 
the antenna, prevents the feedline from becoming a radial.

73, Jim K9YC


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