[TowerTalk] RF Choke or Balun

[Rick Ellison]

I'm dropping my tower (55' crank-up/laydown) to do some work on my A3
Tribander. While I'm working on it I need to replace the coax that goes from
the Antenna down to the junction box at the ground. Right now I am using
rg8/u with a RF Choke wound in it. This piece of coax is bad. Some bird
liked eating it for dinner or a snack and at times the antenna goes deaf
because of that.

 

Since I don't have any more rg8/u left but have lots of RG8x I was going to
run this up the tower. My question is what would be better 

1.       Making a loop of rg8x into a rf Choke  and connecting that to the
antenna 

Or

2.        Using a 1 to 1 balun I have and attaching the coax directly to
that and not make an RF Choke??

 

If I do make an RF Choke how many turns of rg8x will I need? Is it the same
as rg*/u 8 turns 6 inches across??

 

73's Rick N2AMG

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