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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