[TowerTalk] Common-mode choke

Tue May 20 13:14:03 EDT 2014

I don´t believe in that higher power rating

73
Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim
Brown
Sent: Dienstag, 20. Mai 2014 18:53
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Common-mode choke

On 5/20/2014 9:42 AM, David Robbins wrote:
> Operators here say they can hear just fine and the station is loud
everywhere...   so what am I missing????

You may be blessed with a very quiet location. Good for you. Most of us 
are not. The high choking Z does two things. It prevents the feedline 
from filling in the nulls in the pattern, and it provides a higher power 
rating.

73, Jim K9YC
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