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![]() Dan/W4NTI wrote: I am putting up my old TA-33SR by Mosley. I need to know how many windings are needed on the choke. I seem to remember 6" diameter, but not the amount of windings. According to the manual there is no choke indicated at all. Anyone know anything about this? Dan/W4NTI Hi Dan, The choke on a 3 band Yagi is to decrease feedline radiation, a choke balun. If you don't use a choke balun, you could have some pattern distortion, it would deviate from the classical 3 element Yagi pattern. I think the rule of thumb is have enough chocking impedance on the lowest band (20M) so that it is 10X the antenna impedance (50 ohm). You wind your coax into a coil that will accomplish this. The TA-33's that I have seen did not have the choke balun. In casual Amateur operation of the TA-33 I doubt you would miss the choke, or know if it was there or not. Gary N4AST |
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