[Elecraft] Questions about chokes

Wed Sep 17 21:52:10 2003

thanks guys, I figured so as there seams to be no indicator on the 
itty-bitty ones. But when you are new to this stuff as I am you ask a lot 
of questions.

Dwayne 73

At 08:42 PM 9/17/2003, Gregg Lengling wrote:
>Chokes are non-directional and can be installed in either direction.
>It's just nice when they are color coded that you put them all facing
>the same direction so if you are looking for errors or what not you can
>read the values easily.
>
>
>Gregg R. Lengling, W9DHI, Retired
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>-----Original Message-----
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>Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 8:35 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [Elecraft] Questions about chokes
>
>Hi all
>
>I am working on the KPA100 for my K2 and I cam across these tiny little
>chokes. and I now have a question. Does it matter witch way you put in a
>
>choke? The larger chokes seam to have an outline on the board that
>indicates that it may be directional. I always just put them in with the
>
>tolerance indicator on the end of the indicator with the thick band
>(before
>you ask, no I didn't confuse the choke with a diode, at least not yet
>:-).
>But on miniature chokes 1/8w there seams to be no way to tell. So is
>this
>important or did my arranging of the larger chokes just make for a more
>consistent look?
>
>
>73 Dwayne
>
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