In my opinion there wouldn't be a noticeable difference if you removed what you already have assuming you have a reasonably good radial system.
Stan, K5GO > On Aug 28, 2017, at 1:14 PM, N2TK, Tony <[email protected]> wrote: > > Question on the choke balun. I am using a Comtek 100 bead over RG-400 > feedline choke on my shunt fed tower. Would there be a noticeable difference > by replacing with a stack of ferrite cores and several turns of coax? > 73, > N2TK, Tony > > -----Original Message----- > From: Topband [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike > Waters > Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2017 3:11 PM > To: Mike Furrey <[email protected]> > Cc: gary mankoff <[email protected]>; topband <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Topband: Best 160 antenna > > The importance of a ferrite choke balun at the feedpoint cannot be > overemphasized. A good design for 160m is 5 or 6 turns of coax wound through > five stacked 2.4" 31-material ferrite toroids. Photos and details on my web > pages referenced earlier. > > I had two elevated radials. It is a well-established fact that four 10' or > 12' high 1/4 wave radials are as good as 120 on the ground. > > 73 Mike > www.w0btu.com > > On Aug 27, 2017 12:53 PM, "Mike Furrey" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Gary, > For many years I used an inverted L between two tall pine trees and one > elevated radial that was L shaped to fit on the 90' x 60' lot I had in > Spring, TX. The radial was about 15' up and it was fed through a choke > balun. > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
