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echo: ham_tech
to: ROB DENNIS
from: CHRIS BOONE
date: 1997-01-05 23:32:00
subject: 6m....

*** Quoting Rob Dennis to Larry Kunz dated 01-04-97 ***
>  Can't you de-couple it by making a small `service/drip' loop where the
> co-ax
> goes in? Surely a small coil of one or two turns of co-ax near the 
> connector should work as an free-air RF choke to solve the problem.
>  BTW I'm using RG-8X to feed my 6m ringo and have a small,4 inch 
> across,coil of
> the co-ax just under the connector where it goes in.
>  No TVI/RFI to me or anyone else on FM,AM or SSB.
>  What are you using for co-ax?
> 
I would decouple with either several turns of coax before the feedpoint OR 
use snap on ferrite cores to decouple (they work great when taped in place!)
73
Chris
WB5ITT
(arent the ground radials of a Ringo II more than a few INCHES away from the 
main feedpoint?)
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