Hi Breck

My LF Common Mode choke is 30 turns twisted pair on an FT-240-77 toroid.   I measured about 5K at (about) 400 Kc.   The choke is 1.4 inch ID.

This is inserted between the Bias-T and the external antenna. 

What is as important as the choke is the grounding of the coax to the antenna.   Mine is grounded as it enters the house and at the base of the antenna.

There are some web base Bias-T calculators available (ex:  https://3roam.com/bias-t-calculator/) that may help you.

If you are using a 117 VAC based power supply, you may want to use a choke on the lead from the power supply to the Bias-T (for LF, I use batteries...).   At the very least, look at the DC output on a scope to see what's riding on it.   On some supplies I've had to add a 0.01 uF cap across the output.

73 Mark K3MSB









On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 9:58 PM B. Smith via MRCA <mrca@mailman.qth.net> wrote:
You guys (Steve and Rob) are too sharp for me. Yes it is a circuit to provide DC power over the coax to one of my "Active" antennas. My main problem is not coupling my house noise to the antenna via the coax. Am working on power and decoupling via chokes. And the frequency of interest is below 500 khz -   ugggg   lots of noise.
Thanks for playing.
breck

On 3/30/2026 5:45 PM, Steve Marrow wrote:
Power over the coax to Rx amplifier or tuner.

Steve
KM4V

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SWR bridge with LED indicator? Blessed Easter to all – 73 – Mike

 

Mike B. Feher, N4FS

89 Arnold Blvd.

Howell NJ 07731

908-902-3831

 

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Last night's Midnight oil project.
Z


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