On 9/2/2020 10:36 AM, David Gilbert wrote:
High VSWR is very tough on ferrite cores.

Yes. My Choke Cookbook is for matched loads at the point of insertion, and the first place for a choke should ALWAYS be at the feedpoint.

There should be one of these chokes (NOT Balun Designs or Palomar) aty the feedpoint of EVERY antenna.

http://k9yc.com/2018Cookbook.pdf

Fundamental concepts in k9yc.com/RFI-Ham.pdf

This material was added to the ARRL Handbook and/or Antenna Book around 2010, and the Cookbook updated with the most recent version of each book.

73, Jim K9YC
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