Junk ferrite cores
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vbifyz
People keep upgrading their PC monitors, and a lot of monitor cables are being thrown away. First VGA, and now DVI. Many of them have EMI suppression ferrite cores of various sizes.
They come essentially for free if you know where to look. I accumulated a dozen or so of these, planned to use them for common mode suppression chokes. The material is unknown, but seems to work well on HF frequencies. Have anybody in this group tried to use these cores in a loopstick antenna? They can be glued together to form a "rod" of sorts. 73, Mike AF7KR
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Steve Whitt
Hi Mike
If I recall correctly the ferrites used for EMI suppression on data cables are designed to be lossy. In otherwords the RF energy travelling along the cable should turn to heat in the ferrite material.
If so then they would be no use in an aerial system.
73s Steve
From: main@UltralightDX.groups.io [mailto:main@UltralightDX.groups.io] On Behalf Of vbifyz
People keep upgrading their PC monitors, and a lot of monitor cables are being thrown away. First VGA, and now DVI. Many of them have EMI suppression ferrite cores of various sizes.
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