[TowerTalk] Resistor Across a Choke Balun

[Edward McCann]

My experience has led me to 3-10 Megohms, at sufficient size. I’ve used 2 or 3 watt ratings without incident.

Ed McCann
AG6CX

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> On Jun 10, 2022, at 6:27 PM, Chuck Dietz <w5prchuck at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Maybe a high-impedance choke?
> 
> Chuck W5PR
> 
>> On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 7:41 PM Jim W7RY <jimw7ry at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I'm putting a Balun Design 1115t on an A4s. Here is the Ozarks, we have
>> *lightning!*
>> 
>> But I want to put a resistor across the antenna side to drain off any
>> static that develops across the un-grounded element. The A4 is a
>> balanced feed with not beta or gamma match. Just 2 isolated halves of
>> the driven element.
>> 
>> 47K Ohm?
>> 
>> 100K Ohm?
>> 
>> 10K Ohm?
>> 
>> Thanks, 73, Jim W7RY
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