Re: Topband: Fabricated common mode chokes - Sourcing

2011-08-31 Thread ZR
- Original Message - From: "Jim Brown" To: Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 10:34 AM Subject: Re: Topband: Fabricated common mode chokes - Sourcing > On 8/30/2011 10:30 AM, ZR wrote: >> Did you open up a Cushcraft balun to discover that method? I believe some >> other companies do sim

Re: Topband: Fabricated common mode chokes - Sourcing

2011-08-31 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
> As to charring -- that's an issue if the device in question is seeing a > lot of dissipation.  Properly designed and applied, chokes should NOT > see a lot of dissipation unless they are being used in series/parallel > combinations to do impedance transformation. > > 73, Jim Brown K9YC OR, if th

Re: Topband: Fabricated common mode chokes - Sourcing

2011-08-31 Thread Jim Brown
On 8/30/2011 10:30 AM, ZR wrote: > Did you open up a Cushcraft balun to discover that method? I believe some > other companies do similar and Teflon wire is used so it doesnt char as does > THNN. "These methods" are well documented in the literature, especially Jerry Sevick's work (W2FMI). In one

Re: Topband: Fabricated common mode chokes - Sourcing

2011-08-31 Thread Don Kirk
Paul N1BUG said : Mouser has the Fair-Rite 2.4" #31 core for $7 each. That is the lowest price I have found for small quantities. -- Last week I purchased the 2.4" O.D. 31 mix cores (Fair-Rite part number 2631803802) from Arrow Electronics, and the single quantity p