Thread: Hf Antenna Question - so what's the conclusion?
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Old October 26th 06, 09:13 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default Hf Antenna Question - so what's the conclusion?
wrote:
8 turns loose wound in a 6.625" diameter bundle looks like an effective
single band balun for 80m (approx 500 ohms).

A ladder-line fed dipole might present an impedance of
8000 ohms to the choke. A 500 ohm choke would have
very little effect. However, a self-resonant choke
might have 40K ohms of choking impedance and it
would need to have a lot more turns than 8.
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73, Cecil, http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp
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