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I have a T2FD antenna for 5-20 MHz next to a good ground point,
and I'd like to make the lead-in coax DC-insulated to lessen the risk from a lightning strike. I would line to put in a wideband RF transformer with 1) primary connected to the antenna coax and the ground 2) secondary connected to the lead-in coax, w/o any DC connection at all. This is a low power / RX installation, and a bit of loss should not be a problem. There are already a few neon lamps in the T2FD balun, and I'll add a spark gap at the primary. I am very tempted to use either a toroid or a couple of ferrite rods with 1:1 windings made of... spark plug wire?! The stuff takes 30kV pulses without even blinking, If I use non-resistive type, an appropriate container, and keep it all dry, breakdown voltage between incoming and outgoing coax could exceed 50kV. A low-ohm, low-Z grounding could help ensure that it's not easily exceeded. Hopefully, very little pulse energy would come my way. Any thoughts? Any pointers to plans for high-insulation RF transformers? |
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