[TowerTalk] Resistor Across a Choke Balun

[jim.thom jim.thom@telus.net]

Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2022 19:41:13 -0500
From: Jim W7RY <jimw7ry at gmail.com>
To: towertalk at contesting.com, towertalk at groups.io
Subject: [TowerTalk] Resistor Across a Choke Balun

<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.

<Thanks, 73, Jim W7RY

##  A  50 uh solenoid choke would work..and not series resonate on any ham
band....typ resonates around 40 mhz.

## 16-22 ga magnet wire, wound on a toroid would also work. Then you could
probably achieve > 50 uh, and still not series resonate on 20-10m.

##  The choke could be wired directly across the feed point of the ant.

Jim  VE7RF.