Topband: 630M / 2200M approved - must notify UTC

2017-09-15 Thread Eric NO3M
Re: http://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-opens-630-and-2200-meter-bands-stations-must-notify-utc-before-operating Notification link for UTC: https://utc.org/plc-database-amateur-notification-process/ If you intent to operate on 630M or 2200M, submit your information to the above UTC link. You

Re: Topband: RF choke/balun

2017-09-15 Thread Mike Waters
If you're going with elevated radials, then a feedline choke is a must. Place it within a few feet of the feedpoint. Use four or five stacked 2.4" diameter #31 ferrite toroid cores with about six turns of coax wound through them. See K9YC's excellent reference to be sure. 73, Mike www.w0btu.com

Topband: RF choke/balun

2017-09-15 Thread Rob Atkinson
If you have enough radials at or below ground you won't need a common mode choke. You don't say if your inverted L will have an elevated ground system or not. If the ground system consists of 60 or more radials you can probably put a matching network out and the feedpoint and forget about

Topband: RF choke/balun

2017-09-15 Thread MR TREVOR DUNNE
Hi All I am planning on making an RD Choke for my 160m inverted L and was wondering what others use, I was thinking of 3 stacked ft240-43 cores and maybe 10-12 turns of some rg316 or the like small coax, With 61 or 31 be a better material to use and do I need more or less turns, I'm loosely