[TowerTalk] Bead chokes on feedlines; K3LR array

[Pete Smith]

My problem is that I don't know enough to know how to go about making that 
judgment -- can you offer any suggestions?
Are you suggesting that I might put the chokes at the switchbox end 
instead, or elsewhere?  I already have a choke where my feedline enters the 
house, so I think this has more to do with the antenna's performance than 
with common mode problems in the house.

73, Pete N4ZR

At 03:31 PM 11/8/2004, Tom Rauch wrote:

> > When I built this array, I put 50-bead chokes at each
>feedpoint, thinking
> > that I would help suppress common mode currenst and
>thereby avoid any
> > destructive interaction with the antenna pattern.  Now,
>however, Tom makes
> > me wonder if this is useful at all, given that the
>feedlines are in the
> > very near field of the dipoles anyway.  Would I be just as
>well off to
> > eliminate the chokes altogether, or do they serve a useful
>purpose,
> > assuming they are of the right material and have enough
>inductance to do
> > the job?
> >
>
>If the feedlines parallel the elements, I'd sure look close
>at what the baluns do and where they are located.